psychodynamic approach

Question 1

limitation: doesn’t use scientific methods

Answer 1

doesn’t use scientific enquiry to investigate human behavior, unconscious, Id, ego, superego are abstract concepts, cannot be tested objectively and empirically and falsified, decreases overall internal validity, reduce psychology’s scientific status

Question 2

limitation for psychosexual stages: psychic determinism

Answer 2

suggests individual is controlled by external and internal factors, fixations occurring during specific stages, inevitably cause behavior, oral fixations cause smoking, neglects role of free will, no control over behavior, limits appropriateness

Question 3

strength: practical applications

Answer 3

principles of theory, behavior caused by conflict in unconscious mind, led to psychoanalysis, treat abnormalities by identifying and resolving unconscious conflicts, important part of applied psych

Question 4

discussion: PA not used

Answer 4

psychoanalysis used to a lesser extent than CBT and drug therapy, especially when treating serious illness (schizophrenia), patients struggle to differentiate between real and not, struggle to articulate thoughts in way needed for psychoanalysis