Psychodynamic

Question 1

What is thePsychodynamic theory

Answer 1

Behaviour is shaped by the dynamic interaction of drives and forces within the individual, particularly in the unconscious mind

Question 2

What 3 parts does the mind have?

Answer 2

Conscious
Unconscious
Preconscious

Question 3

What components does our personality have?

Answer 3

Id
Ego
Superego

Question 4

Id

Answer 4

Unconscious mind
Urges needing instant gratification
Innate
Pleasure principle

Question 5

Ego

Answer 5

Develops in childhood
Rational
Mediates between id and external demands
Reality principle
Found in conscious, unconscious and preconscious

Question 6

Superego

Answer 6

Unconscious
Places restrictions on behaviour
Conscience

Question 7

What defence mechanisms does the ego employ to resolve conflicts

Answer 7

Repression, displacement, denial, reaction formation

Question 8

Repression

Answer 8

Restrict conflict to subconscious

Question 9

Displacement

Answer 9

Diverting energies into other activities that partially satisfy the original ‘urge’

Question 10

Denial

Answer 10

Refusing to admit there is a problem

Question 11

Reaction formation

Answer 11

Extension of denial taken to the extreme of reversing the impulse so that it can be satisfied by duping the ego

Question 12

Psychosexual stages

Answer 12

Oral (0-18 months)
Anal (18-3 years)
Phallic (3-6 years) 
Latent (6-puberty)
Genital (puberty onwards)

Question 13

Oral fixation

Answer 13

Individual who received either too much or too little oral gratification may develop problems. E.g. eating disorder

Question 14

Psychodynamic impact

Answer 14

Theories of personality, motivation, development

Therapeutic techniques in clinical and counselling psychology

Question 15

Psychodynamic limitations

Answer 15

Unscientific
Based on Freud own perception
Limited impact of scientific psychology
Unstable