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Psychodynamic Appproach Flashcards

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Psychodynamic approach

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Behaviour is determined by unconscious forces that we cannot control

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Who is the main psychologist associated with the psychodynamic approach

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Freud

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The role of the unconscious

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The conscious mind is the ‘tip of the iceberg’

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What are the 3 structures of personality

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ID

EGO

SUPER EGO

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ID

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pleasure principle (devil)

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EGO

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reality principle (mediator)

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SUPEREGO

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age 5, morality principle, right and wrong (Angel)

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Psychosexual stages

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Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latency
Genital

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Oral stage

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  • 0-1 years
  • Focus of pleasure is the mouth
  • Consequence- oral fixation (biting nails/sarcatic)
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Anal stage

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  • 1-3 years
  • Focus of pleasure is the anus
  • Consequence- Anal retentive (perfectionist) or Anal expulsive (messy)
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Phallic stage

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  • 3-6 years
  • Focus of pleasure is the genital area
  • Consequence- Phallic personality (narcissistic)
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Latency stage

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  • Earlier conflicts are repressed
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Genital stage

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  • Sexual desires become conscious alongside
  • Difficulty forming heterosexual relationships
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Defence mechanisms

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Repression
Denial
Displacement

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Repression

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Forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious mind

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Denial

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Refusing to acknowledge some aspect of reality

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Displacement

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Transferring feelings from true source of distressing emotion onto a substitute target

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Who was the psychodynamic approach research based on

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Case study of Little Hans

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Psychodynamic approach evaluation points- Real world application

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STRENGTH

New form of psychoanalysis therapy- ‘talking therapies’

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Psychodynamic approach evaluation points- Not suitable to all mental disorders

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LIMITATION

Not suitable for all metal disorders such as schizophrenia

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Psychodynamic approach evaluation points- Explanatory power

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STRENGTH

Influential theories about personality, moral development and gender identity

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Psychodynamic approach evaluation points- Untestable concepts

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LIMITATION

Much of the is unfalsifiable, and based on case studies, thus pseudoscientific

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