Psychodynamic Assumptions

Question 1

Behaviour is explained by the tripartite personality

Answer 1

Id - Pleasure principle, Present from birth, Impulsive + Unconscious, Psychopathy

Ego - Reality principle, Present age 2, Conscious + Rational, Narcissist

Superego - Morality principle, Develop last, Sense of right/ wrong, Mediates, Neurotic

Question 2

Behaviour is explained by the unconscious mind

Answer 2

Freud = Mind like an iceberg, Tip = conscious/logic, Bottom = Unconscious/biggest influence

Tripartite conflicts = Anxiety

Ego mediates with defence mechanisms, Repression, Displacement, Projection

Question 3

Behaviour explained by childhood influences

Answer 3

Psychosexual stages: Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital

Overindulgence (too much focus), Frustration (not enough focus) Can shape personality

Overindulgence oral stage = Eating disorder, Alcohol addiction

Frustration anal stage = Stubborn, Possessive