Psychodynamic Assumptions Flashcards
Who is the main figure in the psychodynamic approach?
Sigmund Freud
What is the first assumption of the psychodynamic approach?
Tripartite model of personality
What are the three components of the tripartite personality?
ID, the ego and the superego
Explain the three components of the tripartite personality.
ID - driven by impulse and the pleasure principle to satisfy needs and wishes
Ego - mediates between the ID’s impulses and what is morally acceptable through the realistic principle
Superego - judges whether actions are moral or not therefore driven by morality principle
When do each component of the tripartite personality develop?
ID - present at birth
Ego - around two years old
Superego - around five years old
What is the job of the ego in relation to the ID and superego?
Mediate between the two and satisfy both
What is the second assumption of the psychodynamic approach?
The unconscious mind
What is the conscious mind?
Thoughts and perceptions
What is the unconscious mind?
Fears, immoral urges and selfish needs
What are the four ways of accessing the unconscious mind?
Freudian slips
Dream analysis
Inkblot test
Word association
What are freudian slips?
A ‘slip of the tongue’ - accidental words having ideas from the unconscious mind
What are defence mechanism within the unconscious mind?
Strategies used by the ego to manage conflict between the ID and superego to push out a conscious thought to protect the person
What are the three defence mechanisms?
Displacement, projection and repression
Explain the three defence mechanisms.
Displacement - redirecting unacceptable feelings from the original source to a safer alternative
Projection - projecting ones own unacceptable thoughts on to someone else and not yourself
Repression - Unknowingly placing an unpleasant memories or thoughts into the unconscious mind
What is the third assumption of the psychodynamic approach?
Childhood experiences
