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Psychodynamic Theory Flashcards

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Slips of the tongue and accidents have an?

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Unconscious explanation

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Large parts of our mental life operates at?

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Unconscious level

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Thoughts are held in the unconscious mind by?

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A defence mechanism called repression.

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Behaviour is determined by?

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Unconscious mental processes

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Early childhood experiences are important in the development of?

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Adult personality

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Childhood development up to teenage years takes place through what?

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Psychosexual stages

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What are the names of the psychosexual stages?

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Oral, anal, phallic, latency & genital

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What age does the oral stage take place?

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0-6 months

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What age does the anal stage take place?

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6months - 3years

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What age does the phallic stage take place?

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3-5years old

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What age does the latency stage take place?

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5years old+

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What age does the genital stage take place?

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12years

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What is the oral psychosexual stage about?

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Pleasure though the mouth. over indulgence or frustration.

  • passive: sucking > smoker/gullible
  • active: biting > nail biting, sarcasm.
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What is the anal psychosexual stage about?

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Pleasure through expelling or with plodding faeces.
retentive > clean,order,mean with money.
expulsive > free with money & messy.

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What is the phallic psychosexual stage about?

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Where Oedipus/Electra complex needs resolved > fixation lies behind most adult neuroses.
Gender role learned > homosexuality.
Superego developed > weak morals.

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What’s is the latency psychosexual stage about?

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Relatively calm.

Libido is diffused through the whole body > problems forming adult relationships.

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What is the genital psychosexual stage about?

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Hormones lead to reemergence of the libido. Adult sexual feelings and attitudes.

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What are the 3 components of personality?

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Id , ego & superego

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What is id?

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Pleasure principle.

True unconscious. Innate primate part of personality.

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What is ego?

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Reality principle.

Balances out Id and superego.

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What is superego?

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Morality principle.

Learned sense of right and wrong.

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Why does ego use defence mechanisms?

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To protects itself from harm and unpleasant unconscious thoughts.

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Psychoanalysis as a therapy can uncover what?

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Unconscious thoughts through analysis of dreams

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Unconscious mental processes are mostly for understanding what?

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How we think, feel and behave.

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Very early childhood experiences are vital importance for what?

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Mental functioning as an adult.

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What happens in the Oedipus complex? (Male)

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Child sees mum as first love, he becomes very passionate, jealous of dad, possesses his mum, wants dad dead but dad is bigger & starts to get scared of castration.

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What is Oedipus complex’ resolution? (Male)

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Child represses desire for mum, identification with dad occurs, gets to keep male organ, gets to have mum vicariously & learns what dad has meaning he learns sex behaviour.

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What happens in the Electra complex? (Female)

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Child sees mum as first love, child believes it’s been castrated, suffers penis envy, substitutes wish for a baby, turns to dad as love object.

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What is the resolution for the Electra complex? (Female)

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Fears loss of mum, internalises image of mum, leads to identification with mother, learns female sex role behaviour.

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What are the 7 defence mechanisms? (D, R, R, R, P, D & RF)

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Denial, repression, regression, rationalisation, projection, displacement & reaction formation

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What is the denial defence mechanism?

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Refusing to acknowledge that something is too painful, depressing or threatening so they refuse to accept you have a serious illness.

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What is the repression defence mechanism?

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Forcing something out of your conscious mind into unconscious because it is too dangerous or threatening because you have forgot getting hit as a child.

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What is the regression defence mechanism?

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Engaging in a behaviour characteristic by talking to your bed when upset.

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What is the rationalisation defence mechanism?

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Finding an acceptable excuse by being cruel to be kind.

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What is the projection defence mechanism?

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Displace your own unwanted feelings. Saying someone else is lazy when in fact it’s you who is.

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What is the displacement defence mechanism?

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Choosing a substitute object to express your feelings on - being annoyed with your boss and kicking the cat.

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What is the reaction formation defence mechanism?

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Thinking and feeling the opposite of what you feel. Being very polite to someone you dislike.

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2 strengths?

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  • it identifies the importance of childhood psychological experience for adult personality and how adults function in life has stimulate a great deal of research.
  • Freuds theory has made a monumental contribution to our understanding of the human personality.
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2 limitations?

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  • it’s very male orientated and regards the female as inferior as she as a weak ego compared to male.
  • Eysenck & Wilson says Freuds theory is vague and difficult to verify.
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Freud did psychodynamic what is his theory?

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  • he developed psychoanalysis.
  • about the different forces operated in the mind, and at times causes inner mental conflict and may be painful to the person.
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What is little hans Oedipus complex demonstration?

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Fear of being bitten by a horse = fear of castration of father.
Fear of large white horses = dad is white.
Fear of blinkers = dads glasses.
Scared of horse with muzzle = dads beard.

Psychology Unit 1 (21 decks)

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