Psychodynamic approach

Question 1

PSYD AP: what is the unconscious

Answer 1

the inaccessible part of your mind

Question 2

PSYD AP: TRUE or FALSE are most of our actions controlled by the conscious mind

Answer 2

FALSE
our unconscious mind controls most of our actions

Question 3

PSYD AP: what does the unconscious mind prevent

Answer 3

it prevents traumatic memories in the unconscious from reaching the conscious but they appear through our time awake and asleep

Question 4

PSYD AP: what 3 things are the unconscious involved in

Answer 4

-structure of personality
-defence mechanism
-psychosexual stages

Question 5

PSYD AP: when are defence mechanisms triggered

Answer 5

if an individual is faced with a situation they cannot rationally cope with, def mech are triggered

Question 6

PSYD AP: how do defence mechanisms work

Answer 6

they work by distorting reality to reduce anxiety and help the ego manage conflict between ID and superego

Question 7

PSYD AP: what are the 3 defence mechanisms

Answer 7

repression
denial
displacement

Question 8

PSYD AP: what is the def mech repression

Answer 8

when memories cause distress theyre kept away from conscious awareness so they cant be accessed

Question 9

PSYD AP: what is the def mech denial

Answer 9

refusal to accept reality avoiding painful feelings as if its not happened/ exist

Question 10

PSYD AP: what is the def mech displacement

Answer 10

thoughts/feelings where its not appropriate to direct these at the person you wish to so you redirect to a different target

Question 11

PSYD AP: what are the 5 psychosexual stages

Answer 11

oral
anal
phallic
latent
genital

Question 12

PSYD AP: TRUE OR FALSE does every person complete the psychosexual stages of development

Answer 12

TRUE

Question 13

PSYD AP: what does each stage emphasise

Answer 13

the libido (our most primal driving force)

Question 14

PSYD AP: is libido expressed at every stage

Answer 14

YES but in different ways at different stages

Question 15

PSYD AP: TRUE OR FALSE can people become fixated or stuck at particular stages

Answer 15

TRUE
people can can stuck at stages where they do not satisfy their focus

Question 16

PSYD AP: who said the personality is made up of 3 parts

Answer 16

FREUD (..ew)

Question 17

PSYD AP: what are the 3 parts of your personality

Answer 17

ID
ego
superego

Question 18

PSYD AP: what is the ID and what does it focus on

Answer 18

the unconscious aspect of personality that focuses on the pleasure principle such as selfish desires

Question 19

PSYD AP: what age is the ID formed

Answer 19

birth to 18 months

Question 20

PSYD AP: what are the drives of the ID

Answer 20

-desires
-primal needs (sex, food, water, etc)
- instantly wanting things
-only thinking about yourself
-libido

Question 21

PSYD AP: what is the superego and what does it focus on

Answer 21

The other unconscious aspect of personality

It focus on the morality principle

Question 22

PSYD AP: The superego is split into two what are the splits called

Answer 22

Conscience and the ego-ideal

Question 23

PSYD AP: what is the conscious an internalization of

Answer 23

Society’s rules

Question 24

PSYD AP: what is the ego ideal

Answer 24

What you strive to be in regards of good behavior

Question 25

PSYD AP: what age does the superego develop

Answer 25

3 to 6 years of age

Question 26

PSYD: who is the superego learned from

Answer 26

SAME SEX PARENT

Question 27

PSYD AP: what is the superegos drives

Answer 27

-reality
-morality
-the perfect world
-rules and regulations
-doing the right thing

Question 28

PSYD AP: what is the ego and what does it focus on

Answer 28

It’s the conscious aspect of personality focusing on the reality principle

Question 29

PSYD AP: what does the ego balance between

Answer 29

The ID and the Superego

Question 30

PSYD AP: what does the ego allow you to do

Answer 30

Function as a normal human being

Question 31

PSYD AP: what are the key drives of the ego

Answer 31

• mediator
• thinks in general
• cares for your needs

Question 32

PSYD AP: what are the strengths of the psychodynamic approach

Answer 32

P: has led to the development of successful therapies
E: for example therapy for the treatment of anxiety disorders
E: laying the foundation of psycho therapy in modern psychiatry
L: this means that there is some validity in the approach

Question 33

PSYD AP: a limitation of the psychodynamic approach

Answer 33

P: One weakness of the psychodynamic approach is that it is unfalsifiable.

E: An example of this is the idea of the mind being split into three parts.

L: This is a weakness because the assumptions can not be scientifically measured or proved wrong.