Psychodynamic approach

Question 1

The role of unconscious

Answer 1

Vast store of biological drives and instincts that can influence our behaviour and personality. It also consists of memories that have been repressed which were threatening and these can be acquired through parapraxes or slip of tongue or even dreams.

Question 2

Preconscious

Answer 2

Consists of memories that are currently not consncious to us but can be accessible if desired

Question 3

The structure of personality

Answer 3

Frued refers to the peronality as the tripartite personality. It consists of the:
Id
Ego
Superego

Question 4

What is Id

Answer 4

works on the pleasure principle- gets what it wants.
Formed at birth
consists on biological drives and instincts
Selfish and demands for immediate gratification

Question 5

What is the ego

Answer 5

works on the reality principle.
Developed at age 2
mediator between id and supergo
lessens conflict between the two
does this by employing defence mechanisms

Question 6

Superego

Answer 6

Works on morality principle
developed at phallic stage
Internalised sense of right and wrong
represents moral standards from same sex parent
Punishes ego for wrongdoings

Question 7

Defence mechanisms

Answer 7

strategies the ego uses to resolve the conflict between superego and id there are three:

Repression
Denial
Displacement

Question 8

repression

Answer 8

forcing distressing memory out of the mind

Question 9

Denial

Answer 9

refusing to acknowledge some aspects of reality

Question 10

Displacement

Answer 10

transferring feelings from true source of distressing emotion to a substitute target

Question 11

Psychosexual stages

Answer 11

Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latency
Genital

Question 12

oral stage and its unresolved conflict

Answer 12

0-1 yrs old
focus of pleasure is in the mouth

Unresolved conflict:
smoking
biting nails
Sarcastic
critical

Question 13

Anal stage and its unresolved conflict

Answer 13

1-3 yrs old
Focus of pleasure is through the anus. child expresses pleasure withholding and expelling faeces

Unresolved conflict:
anal retentive- perfectionist, obsessive

anal repulsive- thoughtless, messi

Question 14

Phallic stage and its unresolved conflict

Answer 14

3-5
focus of pleasure is the genital area
child experiences the Oedipus and Electra complex.

Unresolved conflict:
Phallic personality- narcissistic, reckless and possibly homosexual

Question 15

Latency stage

Answer 15

earlier conflicts are repressed

Question 16

Genital stage

Answer 16

sexual desires become conscious along side onset of puberty

Unresolved:
difficulty in forming sexual relationships

Question 17

Electra complex

Answer 17

girls experience penis envy and desire their fathers and hate mother

Question 18

Oedipus complex

Answer 18

boys develop incestuous feelings towards their mother and hate their father. But they fear their father will castrate them so they identify with their fathers and pick up gender roles and moral values