Psychodynamic Therapies (Level 5) Flashcards
What underly many individual differences?
Emotions
What do some people think of as being disrupters of intelligence?
Emotions
What may be thought of as another type of intelligence?
Emotional intelligence (EI)
What might impact motivation?
Emotions
What can personality changes be caused by?
Mental illnesses like depression, bipolar disorder, or personality disorders.
Why are emotions difficult to measure?
Because they are oftentimes transitory, fragmented, obscure, and troublesome.
Despite everyone being able to ‘feel’ physiological emotional reactions, how do people differ in regards to this?
People differ in the strengths of their emotional reactions, as well as their ability to regulate and manage them.
What does psychoanalysis examine?
What drives emotions, personality, mood, and motivation.
What kind of model is psychoanalysis based on?
One that is both ideographic and nomothetic.
What is psychotherapy?
A type of treatment that can help individuals experiencing a wide array of mental health conditions and emotional challenges.
To which constructs does psychoanalysis adhere?
To core Freudian constructs
What did Freud use to help his patients discover unconscious thoughts and feelings that had been repressed or ignored?
Free association
What did Freud believe to be the cause of anxiety, moodiness, depressive thoughts, troubling personality traits, and difficulties maintaining relationships?
Unconscious conflicts in the mind.
Which perspective originates in the work of Freud?
The psychodynamic perspective
What does the psychodynamic perspective emphasise?
Unconscious psychological processes (for example, wishes and fears of which we are not fully aware).
What does the psychodynamic perspective contend?
That childhood experiences are crucial in shaping adult personality.
What is the definition of mood according to the dictionary?
A state of mind or feeling
What is the definition of an emotion according to the dictionary?
A strong feeling deriving from one’s circumstances, mood, or relationship with others.
What is the duration of a mood?
A mood can last for days, and comes on gradually.
What is the duration of an emotion?
An emotion is usually brief, lasting seconds or minutes, and comes on suddenly.
What are the six types of basic emotion?
Happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, anger, and surprise.
How intense are moods?
They tend to be low in intensity.
How intense are emotions?
They tend to be high in intensity.
