Psychodynamic approach

Question 1

The affect-trauma model

Answer 1

1st of Freuds phases: Power of sex, ‘talking cure’, hysteria

Question 2

Topographical model of the mind

Answer 2

2nd of Freuds models: Importance of dreams (royal road to the unconscious), mind as an iceberg, stages of psychosexual development, Erogenous zones

Question 3

Psychosexual stages

Answer 3

Oral (<18 months)

Anal (2-3 years)

Phallic (4-6 years): Oedipus / Electra (Castration anxiety vs Penis envy)

Latency

Genital

Question 4

Structural Model of the mind

Answer 4

Instinct

Conflict

ID, ego & superego

Defence mechanisms

Eros & Libido

Thanatos (release from the struggle of life)

Question 5

Defense mechanisms

Answer 5

unconscious processes to help the conscious mind not to get anxiety:

Sublimation: channels energy from unaccepted impulses to create acceptable accomplishments

Question 6

Denial (defense mech)

Answer 6

refuses to recognise truth

Question 7

Projection (defense mech)

Answer 7

attributes own unacceptable impulses to others

Question 8

Repression (defense mech)

Answer 8

anxiety-evoking thoughts put in the unconscious

Question 9

Rationalisation (defense mech)

Answer 9

substituting acceptable reasons

Question 10

Intellectualisation (defense mech)

Answer 10

Ignoring emotions by focusing on abstract thoughts

Question 11

Reaction formation (defense mech)

Answer 11

Refusing to acknowledge feelings by overcompensating with the opposite state

Question 12

Regression (defense mech)

Answer 12

Responding to situations with reaction appropriate for earlier age

Question 13

Displacement (defense mech)

Answer 13

substituting a less threatening object for the original object of impulse

Question 14

Influence of Freud

Answer 14

View of mind as an iceberg

analysis of defense mechanisms