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1
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The mind is like…

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an iceberg

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conscious mind

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The part we are aware of

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What is most of our mind made up of?

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The unconscious mind

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Unconscious mind

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Contains biological drives and instincts which influence our behaviour and personality

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What does the unconscious mind contain?

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Threatening/ disturbing memories which have been suppressed

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Preconscious mind

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Just under the surface

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What does the preconscious mind contain?

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Thoughts and feelings we might become aware of in dreams and slips of the tongue - parapraxes / Freudian slip

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What is the personality

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A tripartite

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The Id

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The primitive part of our personality which operates on the pleasure principle.

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Which personality is present at birth?

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The id - selfish - instant gratification

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The ego

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Works on the reality principle - the mediator between the the id and superego

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What does the ego do?

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Reduces conflict between the id and superego and employs defence mechanisms

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What age does the ego dveelop?

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Around age 2

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The superego

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Based on the morality principle

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What does the superego represent?

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moral standards of childrens same sex parent - punishes the ego for wrongdoing

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What age does the supergo develop?

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around 5

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how many stages does child development occur in?

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5

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What are the 5 stages of child development?

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Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latency
Genital

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What must a child do at each stage of the psychosexual stages?

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The child must resolve the conflict of each stage to progress successfully to the next

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What happens if a psychosexual stage is left unresolved?

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Leads to fixation - child becomes ‘stuck’ and carries out certain behaviours and conflicts associated with that stage through adult life

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what age is the Oral Stage?

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0 - 1

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What age is the anal stage?

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1 - 3

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What age is the phallic stage?

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3 - 6

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What age is the latency stage?

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6 - 12

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What age is the genital stage?

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12+

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What focus of libido is the anal stage?

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Tongue, mouth, lips

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What focus of libido is the anal stage?

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anus

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What focus of libido is the phallic stage?

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genitals

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What focus of libido is the latency stage?

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none

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What focus of libido is the genital stage?

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genital

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What is the major development in the oral stage?

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Weaning off of breast feeding or formula

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What is the major development in the anal stage?

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Toilet training

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What is the major development in the phallic stage?

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Resolving oedipus/ electra complex

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What is the major development in the latency stage?

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Developing defence mechanisms

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What is the major development in the genital stage?

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Reaching full sexual maturity

36
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Adult fixation example for oral stage

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smoking, overeating

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Adult fixation example for anal stage

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orderliness, messiness

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Adult fixation example for phallic stage

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Deviancy, sexual dysfunction

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Adult fixation example for latency stage

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None

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Adult fixation example for genital stage

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If all stages completed successfully then the person should be sexually matured and mentally healthy

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What happens to boys during the phallic stage?

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Boys develop incestuous feelings towards their mother and murderous hatred towards their fathers

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What do boys fear in the phallic stage?

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Their fathers will castrate them

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How do boys resolve the conflict during the Oedipus complex?

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Repress feelings for their mother and identify with their father taking on his gender roles and moral values

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What do girls experience in the phallic stage?

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Penis envy

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What do girls desire in the phallic stage

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Their father and hate their mother

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What happens over time to girls during the phallic stage?

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They give up the desire for their father and replace desire for a penis with desire for a baby - identifying with their mother

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Strengths of the psychodynamic approach

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  • Explanatory power - the psychodynamic approach has been used to explain a wide range of phenomena which gives the approach validity.
  • Practical application - Freud created psychoanalysis
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Psychodynamic limitations

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  • Untestable concepts - Popper said that the psychodynamic approach = falsifiable - you cannot test the approach due to most of the approach said to take place in the subconscious.
  • Psychic determinism - No accidents, even freudian slips = driven by unconscious conflicts rooted in childhood - free will = an illusion

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