Psychodynamic

Question 1

Id

Answer 1

Pleasure principle. Natural instincts, gratification, satisfaction, babies “bundles of id”
Aggression may come crom ID frustration- the ID not getting what it wants

Question 2

Ego

Answer 2

Reality Principle. Environment and situation. Must satisfy demands of the id and superego.

Question 3

Superego

Answer 3

Morality Principle. Learnt, conscience, voice of parents, right and wrong, socially acceptable…controls you with guilt, you develop this from your parents

Question 4

Catharsis

Answer 4

behaviour which displaces the aggression of the Id somewhere else which is more morally acceptable for the superego. For example, feeling angry with a friend but taking it out in the gym later.

Question 5

Ice Berg model

Answer 5

most thoughts are in the unconscious mind that we cant access below the surface.

Question 6

Thanatos

Answer 6

the source of aggressive impulses ‘the death instinct’

Question 7

+Reductionist

Answer 7

This theory doesn’t reduce a complex behaviour with many influences to one simple cause. The Id is biological, superego is learnt and the ego is the free will of the person.

Question 8

+Deterministic

Answer 8

This theory takes into account the free will and choice of a person. For example, you may have aggressive urges but your ego will choose whether to satisfy your Id or be cathartic.

Question 9

+Falsifiability

Answer 9

Although many criticisms for a lack of evidence this theory makes logical sense and can’t be proven but also can’t be disproven.

Question 10

-Scientific

Answer 10

little/no scientific research. Freud based theories on case studies of women in a mental hospital in Vienna but they weren’t recorded scientifically

Question 11

-Subjectivity

Answer 11

The conscious mind can’t be measured or tested objectively unlike testosterone levels and brain scans.