Psychodynamic - Freud

Question 1

What does the unconscious mind do?

Answer 1

controls many aspects of our everyday activities

Question 2

What do defends mechanisms do?

Answer 2

distort reality to reduce anxiety

Question 3

what are the 3 defends mechanisms?

Answer 3

Denial - refusing to accept reality
Displacement - redirecting thoughts and feels from original target onto innocent target
Regression - blocking unacceptable thoughts and feelings

Question 4

What is an example of a psychosexual stage (where the personality develops through a sequence of 5 stages)?

Answer 4

Phallic stage - Sexual energy & a desire for the parent of the opposite sex, and fear of the same-sex parent as a result

e.g Freud’s explanation of little hans study

Question 5

What are the 3 structures of personality?

Answer 5

The ID - impulsive, pleasure principle
The ego - balance between the ID and super ego, usually realistic
The super ego- moral principle, rules and regulations, standards

Question 6

Evaluation

Answer 6

(+) focus on the way the mind unconsciously deals with emotions and memories demonstrates the potential for psychological treatments for disorders
(+) Fisher and Greenberg - supportive
(-) gender based research - focuses on male sexuality