Psychodynamic approach

Question 1

who created the psychodynamic approach

Answer 1

Freud

Question 2

what is the role of the unconscious

Answer 2

-hidden mental process , unaware and have little self control
- free will is an allusion

Question 3

what are the three things feud believed the mind was made up off

Answer 3

conscious, unconscious and pre conscious

Question 4

what is the conscious mind

Answer 4

aware of thought and feelings

Question 5

what is the pre conscious

Answer 5

lies, thoughts, feelings, no directly aware , slip of the tongue

Question 6

what is the unconscious

Answer 6

significant events/trauma , pushed by defense mechanisms
external- aggression
internal- self harm

Question 7

what is the theory of personality

Answer 7

3 points , conflict in childhood, shaped bydevelopment

Question 8

what are the three personalities

Answer 8

super ego, ego, id

Question 9

what is the super ego

Answer 9

morality principle, same sex parent, have morals, age 3-6, punishes ego

Question 10

what is the id

Answer 10

pleasure principle, unconscious , birth- 18 months , instant gratification

Question 11

what is the ego

Answer 11

reality principle, 18months- 3 years, mediator between ego super ego and id

Question 12

what are defense mechanisms

Answer 12

-unconscious
-protect from anxiety
-mediate the conflict between super ego and id

Question 13

what are the three defense mechanism

Answer 13

repression= forcing trauma out
denial-= refuse to believe
displacement- put the feelings somewhere else

Question 14

what are the two complex’s Freud discovered

Answer 14

Oedipus and Electra complex

Question 15

what is the Electra complex

Answer 15

• 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)

Question 16

what is the Oedipus complex

Answer 16

• boys desire their mothers , hate fathers , fear of castration
  -resolve repressive feelings, identify with father adopting their speech
  -internalize ale characteristics and identify

Question 17

how many pscyho sexual stages are there and what are they

Answer 17

5
oral, anal, phallic, latency , genital

Question 18

what is the oral stage

Answer 18

0-1= moth- breast- lack of oral fixation+ sarcasm

Question 19

what is the anal stage

Answer 19

1-3= anus- pleasure holding faeces- anal retentive= obsessive and anal expulsive= messy

Question 20

what is the phallic stage

Answer 20

3-5 = genitals, Oedipus and Electra complex- phallic personality

Question 21

what is the latancy stage

Answer 21

repression of desires, conflicts are repressed

Question 22

what is the genital stage

Answer 22

genital organs- sexual desires become conscious alongside puberty. difficult forming relationships

Question 23

what was the aim of the little hans study

Answer 23

to investigate hans phobias

Question 24

what was the method used in han study

Answer 24

hands dad, letters to freud about development, developed fear of horses , large white horses with marks, Freud analyzed this behvaiour

Question 25

what were the results of the little hans study

Answer 25

claimed it was the oedipus complex , sexually desired thier mother , feared castration from bite and horse falling unconscious desire for dad to be dead

Question 26

what was the conclusion from hans study

Answer 26

supports freuds ideas

Question 27

what is the PEE for little hans study

Answer 27

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

Question 28

strength of psychodynamic approach- introduced pyscho therapy

Answer 28

• first attempt at treating mental disorders and dealing with every day problems. unconscious dream analysis
  e- fore runner for modern day therapy

Question 29

limitation- claimed succsesful

Answer 29

e- inappropriate for serious disorders eg schizophrenia
e- Freudian therapy does not apply to all mental disorders

Question 30

strength- has explanatory power

Answer 30

e- bizzae that huge influence on contemporay throught, explains wide range of behaviors on adult behaviour
e- positive influence on psychology

Question 31

limitation- untestable concepts

Answer 31

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