psychodynamic

Question 1

Assumptions

Answer 1

└an approach where different dynamics (mainly unconscious) operate the mind and direct human behaviour and experience
└Sigmund Freud

Question 2

Role of the unconscious

Answer 2

└conscious
└preconscious
└aware of in dreams/parapraxes (slips of tongue)
└unconscious
└part of mind we are unaware of but directs much of our behaviour
└threatening/disturbing memories- represses/forgotten

Question 3

Structure of personality

Answer 3

Id Ego Superego

Question 4

Ego

Answer 4

└mediator- defence mechanisms
└reality principle
└present from 2

Question 5

Id

Answer 5

└primitive
└pleasure principle
└present from birth

Question 6

Superego

Answer 6

└how we ought to be
└morality principle
End of phallic stage

Question 7

Psychosexual stages

Answer 7

Oral
0-1	
└FOP= mouth
└wants mothers breast	Oral fixation
└nail biting, smoking

Anal
1-3	└FOP= anus
└withhold/expel faeces	Anal retentive
└perfectionist
Anal expulsive
└messy 

Phallic
3-5	└FOP= genital area
└oedipus/electra complex	Phallic personality
└reckless
└homosexual 

Latency └earlier conflicts repressed

Genital └conscious sexual desires └difficulty forming heterosexual relationships

Question 8

Defence mechanisms

Answer 8

Repression
└forcing distressing memory out of conscious mind
Denial
└refusing to acknowledge an aspect of reality
Displacement
└transferring feelings from true source of distress to substitute target

Question 9

Repression

Answer 9

└forcing distressing memory out of conscious mind

Question 10

Denial

Answer 10

└refusing to acknowledge an aspect of reality

Question 11

Displacement

Answer 11

└transferring feelings from true source of distress to substitute target

Question 12

strengths

Answer 12

Practical application 
└psychoanalysis
  └e.g. hypnosis, dream analysis
  └access unconscious 
  └good for mild neurosis
  └harmful for schizophrenia etc.  

Explanatory power
└dominant force in psychology for first hald 20th century along with behaviourism
└explains phenomena
└personality development
└gender
└draws connection to childhood experiences and later development

Question 13

limitations

Answer 13

Case study method
└Freuds theory bases on single individuals
└e.g. Little hans
└subjective recordings
  └lack of scientific rigour

Question 14

points

Answer 14

Role of the unconscious
Structure of personality
Psychosexual stages
Defence mechanisms