Psychodynamic Approach Flashcards
1
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pos evaluation -
explanatory power - dominant, phenomena
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- approach dominant in the 20th century
- explains a range of phenomena
- draws attention to the link between childhood and later development
2
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pos evaluation -
psychoanalysis - unconscious, mind neurosis
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- Freud tried to access the unconscious
- helped with mind neurosis
- inappropriate for serious mental disorders (schizophrenia)
3
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neg evaluation
the study of individuals - subjective, scientific rigour
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- studied weird individual cases - no universal claims
- highly subjective, not same conclusion
- lacks scientific rigor
4
Q
neg evaluation
popper and pseudoscience - falsification
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- popper said it didn’t meet the criteria for falsification
- everything is unconscious so cant be tested
- its pseudoscience, not reals science
5
Q
what is the role of the unconscious?
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- drives most of our behavior
- contains suppressed feelings and drives us
- responsible for slips of the tongue
6
Q
what is the structure of the personality?
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- ID, pleasure principle, from birth, unconscious, demands gratification
- EGO, reality principal, age 2, defense mechanisms
- SUPEREGO, phallic stage, age 5, morality principle, sense of right and wrong, punishes ego with guilt
7
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what are psychosexual stages?
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- each stage has a conflict that must be resolved
- if it isn’t solved the child becomes stuck/ fixated on that stage
- oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
8
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what are defense mechanisms?
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- repression
- denial
- displacement
