Psychodynamic approach Flashcards
who created the psychodynamic approach
Freud
what is the role of the unconscious
-hidden mental process , unaware and have little self control
- free will is an allusion
what are the three things feud believed the mind was made up off
conscious, unconscious and pre conscious
what is the conscious mind
aware of thought and feelings
what is the pre conscious
lies, thoughts, feelings, no directly aware , slip of the tongue
what is the unconscious
significant events/trauma , pushed by defense mechanisms
external- aggression
internal- self harm
what is the theory of personality
3 points , conflict in childhood, shaped bydevelopment
what are the three personalities
super ego, ego, id
what is the super ego
morality principle, same sex parent, have morals, age 3-6, punishes ego
what is the id
pleasure principle, unconscious , birth- 18 months , instant gratification
what is the ego
reality principle, 18months- 3 years, mediator between ego super ego and id
what are defense mechanisms
-unconscious
-protect from anxiety
-mediate the conflict between super ego and id
what are the three defense mechanism
repression= forcing trauma out
denial-= refuse to believe
displacement- put the feelings somewhere else
what are the two complex’s Freud discovered
Oedipus and Electra complex
what is the Electra complex
- unconscious longing for dad
-penis envy, love object jealousy
-not fearful, identifies with mother to reduce conflict
internalize characteristics - desire to have baby( female identity)
what is the Oedipus complex
- boys desire their mothers , hate fathers , fear of castration
-resolve repressive feelings, identify with father adopting their speech
-internalize ale characteristics and identify
how many pscyho sexual stages are there and what are they
5
oral, anal, phallic, latency , genital
what is the oral stage
0-1= moth- breast- lack of oral fixation+ sarcasm
what is the anal stage
1-3= anus- pleasure holding faeces- anal retentive= obsessive and anal expulsive= messy
what is the phallic stage
3-5 = genitals, Oedipus and Electra complex- phallic personality
what is the latancy stage
repression of desires, conflicts are repressed
what is the genital stage
genital organs- sexual desires become conscious alongside puberty. difficult forming relationships
what was the aim of the little hans study
to investigate hans phobias
what was the method used in han study
hands dad, letters to freud about development, developed fear of horses , large white horses with marks, Freud analyzed this behvaiour
what were the results of the little hans study
claimed it was the oedipus complex , sexually desired thier mother , feared castration from bite and horse falling unconscious desire for dad to be dead
what was the conclusion from hans study
supports freuds ideas
what is the PEE for little hans study
p- supports pscyhodynamic approach
e- displaced fear of dad with horses , whie horse with black is dads beard. Fear of bing bitten by hors = fear of castration
e- supports psychodynamic approach , explains the oedipus complex , how children deal with conflict in the phallic stage
strength of psychodynamic approach- introduced pyscho therapy
- first attempt at treating mental disorders and dealing with every day problems. unconscious dream analysis
e- fore runner for modern day therapy
limitation- claimed succsesful
e- inappropriate for serious disorders eg schizophrenia
e- Freudian therapy does not apply to all mental disorders
strength- has explanatory power
e- bizzae that huge influence on contemporay throught, explains wide range of behaviors on adult behaviour
e- positive influence on psychology
limitation- untestable concepts
e- doesn’t meet the scientific criteria, criteria of falsification , concepts like Oedipus are impossible to test , with unconscious mind
e- lacks scientific rigor , pseudoscience not real
