Psychodynamic approach Flashcards

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Who is the founder of the psychoanalytic approach? Years

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Freud (1856-1939)

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What are the 3 levels of consciousness?

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Conscious, preconscious, unconscious

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Give a definition and examples of things we can find in the conscious.

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part of the mind we are well aware of.

Acceptable desires and thoughts

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Give a definition and examples of things we can find in the preconscious.

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not the focus, but we can bring it to the conscious.

memories and stored knowledge

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Give a definition and examples of things we can find in the unconscious.

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Not available to the conscious mind.

unacceptable desires and aggressions

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What are “unconscious determinants”? Give an example

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The fact that our mind is not always rational because it is motivated by unconscious forces.
Oedipus/Electra complex

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Explain the Oedipus/Electra complex

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The fact that as children we have the desire to possess the opposite sex parent and eliminate the same-sex parent.

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What is a defence mechanism? Give an example

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Bottleing-up unacceptable feelings so they dont upset us. Such as repression

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What can happen if the denfence mechanism get out of proportion?

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personal and mental problems (such as depression).

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What is the method Freuds imagined to uncover the unconscious? explain it

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psychoanalysis/ talking cure

talk on a couch about feelings, fantasies, dreams

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What are the two elements of dream analysis. Explain each

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Manifest content (storyline) 
Latent content (meaning)
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What is a “freudian slip”

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when our unconscious self accidently slips out

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Name the 3 parts of the psyche for Freud?

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Id, Superego, and the ego

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What is the principle of the Id? describe it.

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Pleasure principle.

Disregards rules and consequences.

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What is the principle of the Superego? Explain it.

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Morality principle

ethical behaviour and when disrespect it: feeling guilt

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What are the two limits of the superego?

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Disregards special circumstances - cannot always deny the ID because it can create Psyche Energy

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What is the principle of the Ego? Describe it.

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REality principle

balances the Id and the Superego.