Psychodynamic Flashcards

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Assumptions

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  • The unconscious forces and how they operate on the mind affecting behaviour
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Features

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The personality: Id, Ego, Superego
Psychosexual stages
Defence mechanisms

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Research methods

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  • case study
  • Unobservable
  • internal validity
  • subjective
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Strengths

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  • Practical application
    psychoanalysis
    founding father of counselling
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Limitations

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  • unscientific - unobservable, not possible to falsify and subjective
  • case study - subjective and can’t generalise
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6
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debate

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Determinist
Nature/Nurture
Reductionist

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