Psychodynamic Approah Of Dream

Question 1

What is the overview of psychoanalytic theory ?

Answer 1

2 unconscious drives , 3 components of personality , 5 stages of psychosexual development & 4 treatments

Question 2

What are two drives ( unconscious)?

Answer 2

-Thanatos (aggression & death instinct) -Eros (sex drive & lust)

Question 3

What are the 3 components of personality ?

Answer 3

-Id ( unconscious- pleasure principle) - ego (conscious - reality principle) - superego ( unconscious- Morality principle)

Question 4

What is the ego defence mechanisms ?

Answer 4

Conflict between I’d & superego -conscious ego protected by defence mechanisms (repression, displacement, regression )

Question 5

What are the 5 stages of psychosexual development?

Answer 5

Oral , anal , phallic , latent & genital (pleasure centres change, conflict at each stage , resolve conflict or become fixated & adult behaviours fixate or conflict)

Question 6

What are treatments (of conflicts)?

Answer 6

Hypnosis , free association, parapraxis & dream analysis

Question 7

What was the interpretation of dreams (1900) ?

Answer 7

Represented contents of the day are pushed in to unconscious , dreams help in the resolution of unconscious conflict & dreams act as a safe release of emotional steam

Question 8

What are the dreams 2 functions ?

Answer 8

1) allow the release of potentially dangerous energy which would otherwise lead to insanity 2) they protect the sleeper from irrational urges comming from id

Question 9

What does latent contest mean ?

Answer 9

Underlying meaning of dream, often sexual arousal during dreams indicates hidden urges being manifest

Question 10

What does day residue mean ?

Answer 10

Content of the day emerges in dream content

Question 11

Why does manifest content mean ?

Answer 11

Remembered story line of dream

Question 12

Describe latent content ?

Answer 12

All symbolism has to be translated by an analyst , many images can fit into the existing context of day , there are no universal symbols but are individual , dreamer cannot offer any associations by themselves as guided by their unconscious

Question 13

What does the wish fulfilment mean ( Freud & jung)

Answer 13

Dreams are mainly wish fulfilment what we would like to happen

Question 14

Dream work ( how do we protect our self ) ? (5)

Answer 14

Displacement, projection , symbolisation , condensation , rationalisation

Question 15

What does displacement mean ?

Answer 15

When the Deere for one thing or person is symbolised by something else ( this disguises the emotional meaning of the latent content )

Question 16

What is projection ?

Answer 16

This happens when the dreamer propels their own desires and wants on to another person

Question 17

What is dream work ?

Answer 17

Is broad term used to describe the exploration & incorption or dreams in psychotherapy

Question 18

What are common dreams mean ?

Answer 18

Often relate to current concerns , can invole things that could go wrong & can be straightforward wish fulfilment

Question 19

What is the interpretation of dreams (1900) Freud

Answer 19

By Freud , wish fulfilment theory & unconscious allowed to express drives freely in dreams

Question 20

What are anxious dreams

Answer 20

Are an expression of a conflict between the ego & id , they are products of infantile sexual memories

Question 21

What is psychoanalysis?

Answer 21

The job of the analyst is to reverse this process and reveal the latent (real) meaning of dream

Question 22

What is symbolisation ?

Answer 22

Symbols censor the repressed ideas contained in the dream by including objects that are meant to symbolise the latent content of dream ( dreamers repressed urges or suppressed desires are acted out metaphorically)

Question 23

What is rationalisation ?

Answer 23

Is regarded as the final stage of dreamwork, the dreaming man organise an incoherent dream into one that is more comprehensible and logical ( also known as secondary revision)

Question 24

What are strengths of Freud dream theory ?

Answer 24

, dreams do tell us great deal bout the way the dreamer I feeling & pet scan show the rational bran is switched off during dreaming while the forebrain ( so no ego but I’d)

Question 25

What is confensation?

Answer 25

Condensation the meaning of imagery may not be so obvious coz the dreamer hides their feelings by condensing many different ideas in to a single thought or image

Question 26

What are problems with freuds theory ?

Answer 26

The theory is difficult to falsify ( prove) , the theory is based on culturally & historically biased sample of neurotic Viennese women , are all dreams wish fulfilment what about nightmares , there is little empirical evidence to support Freuds claims about dreams & dreams interpret is subjective

Question 27

Strengths of this approach ?

Answer 27

• freud is a very influential psychologist , especially in the field of personality - he counties to have an influence on everyday language & cultures
• the theory suggests a link between dreaming and desire and has generated research speculation and controversy in relation to topic of dreaming

Question 28

Weaknesses of psychodynamic approach?

Answer 28

It is based on the interpetion of dreams and it is not possible to gather evidence to support this theory

• emphasis on sexual factors
• the content of dreams may mirror events during a persons waking hours and may not be symbolic in my way