Psychodynamic Theory Flashcards

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What is Thanatos and how does it link to aggression?

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-The death instinct
-Causes anger towards people.

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What is Eros?

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The life instinct

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What is catharsis?

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A way to satisfy our urges without resulting in violence.

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What is the id and how does it link to aggression?

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Instinctive part and operate son pleasure principle.
-Doesn’t care about reality so causes the aggressive behaviour
-innate

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What is the super-ego and how does it link to aggression?

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-moral aspect of personality and operates on morality principle.
-develops due to parents/ upbringing
-tells us not to be aggressive/carryout aggressive behaviours.

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What is the ego?

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-logical aspect of personality and operates on reality principle.
-makes conscious decisions that balance the super-ego and the id.

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What 3 aspects make up personality?

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-Id
-Super-ego
-Ego

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What study can support the theory and how?

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-Researchers argued that youth with weak egos are immature and easily led into crime and violence by deviant peers.
-if ego is weak the id can make us more aggressive so more creditable explanation of aggression.

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What study conflicts the theory and how?

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-those who took part in a cathartic activity were more aggressive than those who didn’t.
-catharsis is said to re-channel aggression but actually made people more aggressive so theory is less credible.

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Why is brain structure theory and hormone theory better for explaining aggression?

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-Are both empirical so can be directly measure and therefore are more credible.

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Why is the psychodynamic theory better than the other biological theories?

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-can account for both nurture(superego) and nature(id) so can account for more factors and is more complete.

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How is the psychodynamic theory useful?

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psychodynamic therapies used in real life to help people which improves treatments for mental health.

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Why is the theory not empirical?

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The unconscious is not directly measurable and not tied to brain areas so can’t be seen on a brain scan so is more subjective and less creditable.

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