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Psychodynamic Approach Flashcards

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What does psychodynamic mean?

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Any theory that emphasises change and development in the individual.

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What did Freud believe in?

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Freud believed behaviour was determined more by psychological factors than biological or environmental

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What did Freud think behaviour was controlled by in the large part?

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The unconscious mind

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What is the unconscious mind?

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The part of the mind that was inaccessible to conscious thought

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What is in the unconscious mind?

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Traumatic events

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What are the three parts of the personality

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I’d, ego, superego

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What is the Id

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Operates according to ‘pleasure principle’

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Where does the id operate?

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In the unconscious mind

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What is the ego?

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Mediates betweeen the Id and superego

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What is the superego?

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Made of conscience (internalisation of societally rules) and ego-ideal (determined by parental standards of good behaviour)

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Why are defence mechanisms used?

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To stop becoming aware of unpleasant thoughts and feelings associated with a traumatic situation

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What is repression?

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The unconscious blocking of unacceptable thoughts.

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What is denial?

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The refusal to accept the reality to avoid having to deal with feelings associated to the event

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What is displacement?

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Redirecting thoughts or feelings in situations where the person feels unable to express them to the person they should be directed towards

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What is the libido

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Sexual energy

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16
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What is the stage at 0-2 years old?

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Oral- mouth is focal point

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What is the stage at 2-3?

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Anal- beginning of ego development due to being made to potty train

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What is the stage at 3-6?

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Phallic- focused on genitals

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What is the conflict in the phallic stage?

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Oedipus complex- male child unconsciously wishes to possess their mother and get rid of their father, then developing castration anxiety

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What is the stage at 6-12?

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Latent- child develops their mastery of the world around them. The conflicts experienced due to issues at previous stages are repressed.

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What is the stage at 12+?

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Genital- fixing of sexual energy on the genitals

22
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What were the strengths of the psychodynamic approach?

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Freud highlighted a widely accepted link between childhood experience and adult characteristics

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