Psychodynamic approach Flashcards

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Assumptions

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Unconscious mind
Instincts/drives
Early childhood experiences

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Unconscious Mind

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Driving force behind our behaviour

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Instincts/drives

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Motivate our behaviour

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Early childhood experiences

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Pivotal in making us person we are
argued most of psychological development formed prior to 6yrs old

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Iceberg model - Role of unconscious

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Conscious mind
Pre-conscious mind
Unconscious mind
Freudian slips

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Conscious Mind

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Accessible part of mind

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Pre-conscious mind

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Thoughts may surface at any point into the conscious

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Unconscious mind

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The Inaccessible
Traumatic memories remain here
accessed through therapy or Freudian slips

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Freudian slips

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Saying something which accidentally reveals your unconscious desire.
Often be sexual or violent

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Structure of Personality

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Id
Superego
Ego

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The Id

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Pleasure principle
birth to 18 months
self and self-seeking pleasure

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The Superego

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Morality principle
3-6 years old
Acts as Individual’s conscious
Personality forms a moral code

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The Ego

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Reality principle
18 months & 3yrs
Logical and rational part of personality
Balances demand of both

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Defence Mechanisms

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Methods we use unconsciously to reduce anxiety and manage the conflict between id and superego.
Ways of protecting ego

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Types of defence mechanisms

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Repression
Displacement
Denial

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Repression

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Forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious mind where it is not accessible

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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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Denial

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Refusing to acknowledge the reality of an unpleasant situation

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Psychosexual Stages

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Series of stages every individual progresses through from from birth to adulthood.

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Different stages(Order)

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Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latent
Genital

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Oral (0-1 years)

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Pleasure is mouth- biting and sucking

Oral passive- no teeth so pleasure from sucking and swallowing. As an adult- non aggressive, dependent, very passive, gullible

Oral aggressive - pleasure from biting/chewing. As an adult- verbally or physically aggressive, sarcastic, critical.

Oral fixation - chew on pens, bite fingernails, smoke

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Anal Stage (1-3 years)

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Focus of pleasure is the anus
Child potty trained

Anally expulsive - Child may love using potty and is overly keen.
As an adult - messy, insensitive, thoughtless.

Anally Retentive - If parents are very strict about potty training, child anxious to hold on to faeces
As an adult - organised, neat, perfectionist

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Phallic Stage (3-5 years)

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Oedipus and Electra Complex
Phallic personality - narcissistic, reckless, possibly homosexual.
lead to jealous and amxious adult

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Oedipus Complex

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Boy experiences intense sexual feelings for mother.
Father seen as rival, boy wants him to leave.
Boy threatened by father’s presence
Castration anxiety
Combat anxiety - identifies with father
Conflict resolved

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Electra complex

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Girls desire closeness with opposite sex parent
Believe the mother removed the penis
Develop penis envy of males
When desire not fulfilled, expressed through desire for baby.
Fear of losing mother’s love
Identifies with mother

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Latent Stage (approx. 6 years)

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Sexual energy displaced
Calm time in development
Concentrates on being a child

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Genital Stage (approx. 12 years)

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Sexual desires become conscious with onset of puberty
Child becomes an adult
Consequences of unresolved conflict means difficulty forming heterosexual relationships.

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Advantages

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Useful- Explains wide range of phenomena: personality development, gender… , focuses on psychological causes of disorders(not evil spirits)
More we understand, more we can help people and quality of life is improved.

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Advantages

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Importance of childhood behaviour- understand children’s progression through psychosexual stages and development. Strengthens children’s right reform
Means children should be nurtured as childhood plays important role in progression to adulthood.

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Advantages

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Psychoanalysis - Accessing unconscious
Still used today for mental health - gives it a sense of validity and merit.
Alleviate symptoms and improve quality of life.

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Disadvantages

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Problems with psychoanalysis
- Time consuming, expensive and distressing memories revealed
- Unconscious isn’t observable or measurable - impossible to validate
- Interpretations are subjective and unreliable
Focus on the past rather than current problems

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Disadvantages

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Difficult to test
- Not observable or measurable so difficult to test.
- unscientific as can’t be proven
- lacks credibility

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Disadvantages

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Case Studies
- lack reliability and cannot be generalised to general pop.
- contains many uncontrolled variables- no firm conclusions