Psychodynamic approach

Question 1

Role of unconscious

Answer 1

Tripartite structure
- Conscious mind: Part we are aware of
- Preconscious mind: Thoughts that occur just out of conscious awareness
- Unconscious: Thoughts that occure without being aware

Question 2

The structure of personality

Answer 2

• Three parts to personality, they are unconscious influences on your behaviour
• ID: Primitive part that wants you to get what you want
• Superego: Morality principle and is concerned with right and wrong
• Ego: Decides whether it listns to the ID or Superego and decides what driving force to follow

Question 3

Defence mechanism definition

Answer 3

Constent disagreement between ID/Ego/Superego, mind develops various methods of defending itself (rationsalisation)

Question 4

Defence mechanisms

Answer 4

-Repression: Forces distressing memories out of the conscious mind, most improtant
-Denial: Refusing tp acknowledge some aspects of reality by blocking events from your consciousness
-Displacement: Redirection of an impulse onto a powerless substitue target, person/object that symbolises actual one

Question 5

Psychosexual stages

Answer 5

-Oral: 0-18 months, child likes sucking and tasting; smoking/sarcastic/critical
-Anal: 18months-3yrs, Defication main source of pleasure; Retentive: perfectionist/obbsessive
Expulsive: Thoughtless/messy
-Phallic: 3-6yrs, Pleasure from genital area; narcissistic/homosexual/reckless
-Latent: 6-11yrs, sexual urges repressed and directed to sport/hobbies; dominant libido
-Genital: 12yrs,Focus on genitals but not as much as latent; difficulty forming hetero relationships