Psychodynamic Approach Flashcards
What is the psychodynamic approach?
AQ perspective that describes the different forces, most of which are unconscious, that operate on the mind and direct human behaviour and experience.
What is the unconscious?
The part of the mind that we are unaware of but which continues to direct much of our behaviour
What is the Tripartite personality?
The 3 forces acting within us which represent different stages of development and different levels of morality
What is defence mechanisms?
Unconscious strategies that the ego uses to manage conflict between the Id and superego
What is the psychsexual stages?
5 development stages that all children pass through. At each stage, there is a different conflict, the outcome of which determines future developments
An assumption of the psychodynamic approach is that what?
Perspective emphasises change and development in the individual
An assumption of the psychodynamic approach is that all human behaviour what?
Can be explained in terms of inner conflicts of the mind
An assumption of the psychodynamic approach is that most of our mind is made up of what?
The unconscious and that behaviour is caused by unconscious factors which are and beyond our control
An assumption of the psychodynamic approach is that events in our childhood will have a (what?)
Great influence in our lives
An assumption of the psychodynamic approach is that it stresses the importance of what?
Relationships such as family members
Freud believed that the personality was composed of 3 parts: the Id, the ego, and the ________. Therfore, the personality is ________
Super ego, tripartite
Each of the personality demands ___________, but is frequently in _______ with the other parts
Gratification, conflict
Experience/conflicts in childhood shape the ___________ of the three parts, which affects how a person _____. E.g. If a person’s superego is too strong , they are seen as rigid, pompous or self-righteous. Or if a person’s I’d is too strong, they are seen as delinquent, antisocial or self-centred
Development, believes
The id: this is the __________ part of our personality that is formed from birth to __ _______.
Primitive, 18 months
The id: it is the source of our __________ desires, impulses, drives, and instincts
Unconscious
The id: it operates on the _______ principle - it demands immediate ____________ of its needs regardless of circumstances
Pleasure, gratification
The id: these needs consist of hunger, thirst and sex. It focuses on the self, is __________ and emotional. It deals with feelings and needs. It contains the _______ - the biological energy creates by reproduction instincts
Irrational, libido
Ego: the ego is the __________ part of our mind that _________ between the Id and the superego that is formed between 18 months and _ ______. It operates on the ______ principle - it mediates between the impulsive demands of the id and the reality of the external world.
Rational, mediates, 3 years, reality
