Psychodynamic Approach - APPROACHES Flashcards
who focused on the ‘unconscious mind’
Freud
what was the name of the focus of Freud’s studies
‘the unconscious mind’
what did Freud believe
part of your mind is inaccessible to conscious thought, and only some of it is accessible to that
names of the parts of the mind that you can’t interact with (Freud)
preconscious and unconscious
how did Freud illustrate his idea of the states of the mind
through an iceberg diagram
if the brain is in a ‘crisis’ what happens
it flips (unconscious becomes conscious)
why do we do bad things when the mind has decided it’s in a crisis
the unconscious (Id) becomes conscious so pleasure (selfish, fear, lust) is the decision maker
sections of iceberg
conscious: choice, knowledge - ego, superego
preconscious: memory - superego, id
unconscious: fears, desires, guilt - id
list our “drives”
ego
superego
id
which sections of the iceberg can ego access
above level (conscious)
which sections of the iceberg can superego access
all access: above level (conscious), just below level (preconscious) and the bottom (unconscious)
which sections of the iceberg can id access
the bottom part (unconscious)
what drives our id
pleasure: selfish, fear, anger, lust
what drives our ego
reality: logic, compromise, reason
what drives our superego
morality: guilt, consciousness
what did Freud say the brain does in order to protect the mind
it stops harmful thoughts/memories from becoming conscious
what is the name for the brain stopping harmful thoughts/memories from becoming conscious
defence mechanism
what’s the name when the unconscious lets something through to the conscious
a “Freudian slip”
how do the three components of our mind designed to be
separate, independent entities that think and feel
they try to defend themselves against damage/pain
four types of defense mechanisms
repression, denial, displacement, minimisation
what is repression
“bottling it up”
what is denial
pretending there is no problem
what is displacement
taking it on another, usually similar, person/object
what is minimisation
telling yourself it’s not as big a deal as it really is
