Psychodynamic Flashcards
Assumptions
Unconscious influences on the mind that impact human behaviour
Role of unconscious
Frued suggested that the part of our mind we are aware of is the CONSIOUS (thoughts and perceptions) then pre conscious ( we become aware of in dreams or Freudian slip) , then unconscious (Drives)
Structure of personality
ID - primiative pleasure principle
EGO- Reality principle, manages other parts
SUPEREGO- morality principle
Defence mechanisms
Repression -
Denial-
Displacement-
Oral stage
0-1 years.
Focus on both , mothers breast is Desired object
-if unresolved can lead to smoking or nail biting
Anal stage
1-3 years -focus of pleasure is anus - faeces -if unresolved could be ——- retentive - obsessive perfectionist ——— expulsive - thoghktless, messy
Phalic stage
3-5 years
Genital pleasure
Boys - Oedipus complex
Girls - Electra complex
If unresolved- homosexual, narcassistic
Latency
Any earlier conflicts are repressed
Genital
Sexual desires become consious alongside the onset of puberty
If unresolved- difficulty forming heterosexual stages
Evaluation - explanatory power
Huge influence in psychology
Remained the dominant force in psychology in the first half of 20th century
—drawing attention to the link between experiences in childhood such as put relationship with our parents and later development
Evaluation the case study method
Little hans
He had a hatred towards his father due to his conflict with the oral stage
He had a fear of horses so repressed this fear onto anger into his dad
Evaluation untestable concepts
It doesn’t meet the scientific criteria it is not open to empirical testing so isn’t scientific enough
Unconscious and pre consious can’t be tested
Evaluation practical application
Psychoanalysis
Brought about different therapies and techniques
Such as hypnosis to access the unconscious
Influenced modern day psychotherapist
