Psychodynamic approach Flashcards
1
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Summarise psychodynamic approach in 3 points
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- Unconscious mind controlls behaviour (defense mechanisms, Tripartite personality)
- All behaviour influenced by libido (Psychosexual stages)
2
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3 ways the mind protects itself from trauma?
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- REPRESSION - Blocking unacceptable thoughts
- Denial - Refusing to accept reality
- Displacement - Redirecting problems elswhere e.g. on person
3
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What are the 3 components of the tripartite personality/what do they do?
+ what are each referred to as?
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- The Id (Pleasure principle) - evolutionary drive to satify desires
- The ego (Reality principle) - Attempts to balance Id desires with Superego morals
- The superego (Morality principle) - conscience and ego-idea, moral standards learned through parents.
4
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What are the 5 stages of psychosexual developement?
Outline with reference to age
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- Oral (0-2yrs) - Mouth is focal point of sensation, sexual energy is expressed
- Anal (2-3yrs) - Child learns soceital demands and controlls toilet needs
- Phallic (3-6yrs) - Oedipus complex - sexual energy focused on genitalia.
- Latent (6-12yrs) - Conflicts of previous stages repressed - child forgets past stages - halt in sexual development
- Genital (12+ yrs) - Culmination of psychosexual development - energy fixes in genitals. Directs towards adult life (reproduction)
4
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Give examples of fixations
What are fixations?
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- Oral - alcholism
- Anal - rigid personality
- Phallic - lingering of Oedipus/Electra complex
Later-life problems caused by problems in stages
4
Q
Example of a 2 techniques used in psychoanalysis
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- Inkblots
- Dream analysis
4
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2 pros/cons with Freuds theory of psychoanalysis
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- Psychological treatments developed by Frued had some sucess - rivaled biological
- Some scientific evidence
- It is falsifying - can’t be proven right/wrong
- Gender/cultrully biased - Freuds distorted veiws of female sexuality evident in his work.
