Psychodynamic Approach Flashcards
Outline a definiton for the ID.
Pleasure principle. Drives selfish urges.
Outline the ego.
Balances the ID and superego. Reality principle.
Outline the superego.
Morality principle. Keeps to moral norms.
Name the psychosexual stages.
Oral - sucking behaviour (0-18 months)
Anal - holding or discarding faeces (18 months - 3.5 years)
Phallic - fixation on genitals (3-6 years)
Latency - repressed sexual urges (6 years to puberty)
Genital - awakened sexual urges (puberty to adolescence)
Key assumptions of the psychodynamic approach
Unconscious activity determines how we behave.
Childhood experiences shape our adult personality.
ID and superego are in constant conflict.
What are conscious thoughts?
Thoughts you are aware of.
What are precocious thoughts?
Just below the surface of awareness and can be retrieved relatively easily.
What are unconscious thoughts?
Thoughts buried deep below conscious awareness. They still influence our behaviour.
What are the role of defence mechanisms?
Sooth the mind from anxiety.
Outline repression.
Forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious memory.
Outline denial.
Refusing to acknowledge some aspect of reality.
Outline displacement.
Transferring feelings onto a substitute target i.e slamming a door transferring anger.
What does it mean by psychosexual stages?
Personality developing through a series of childhood stages.
How does the psychodynamic approach treat behaviour?
Psychotherapy. Bringing unconscious conflict into the conscious mind so it can be addressed. This is a practical application.
Is the psychodynamic approach scientific?
No
