pyschodynamic approach Flashcards

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psychodynamic approach

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Perspective that describes the different forces, most of which are unconscious that operate on the mind and direct human behaviour and experience

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unconscious

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The part of the mind that are unaware of, but directs much of our behaviour

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role of unconscious

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What do most of our mind is made of, and is known as a vast storehouse of biological drives, and instance that has a significant influence on her behaviour and personality
It also contains threatening and disturbing memories that I’ve been repressed all locked away and forgotten
These can be accessed dream dreams of three slip of the tongue referred to as parapraxes

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What is the part of our mind that we know about and are aware of?

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The conscious mind, which is merely , the tip of the iceberg

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What is just a bubbling under the surface of a conscious mind and what does it contain?

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Preconscious, which contains thoughts and memories, which are not currently in conscious awareness, but we can access if desired

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Freud describe personality, as

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Tripartite composed of three parts

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id

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Operates on the pleasure principle and get spotted. Once it is the unconscious drives and instincts. It is present at birth. It is entirely selfish and demand instant gratification of it needs.

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ego

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Works on the reality principle. It is the mediator between the other two parts of the personality. It develops around the age of two years and its role is to reduce conflict between the demands of the edge and super ego manages this by employing a number of defence

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superego

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Formed at the end of the phallic stage around age, 5 Itza internalise sense of right and wrong. Based on the morality principle represents the moral standards of the child’s same-sex, parents and punishes the ego for wrongdoing through

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psychosexual stages

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the childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) marked by different conflict child must overcome to progress onto next stage of unresolved leads to fixation and carries certain behaviours into adult life

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oral

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0-1 years focus of pleasure is mouth, mums breast is object of desire

oral fixation - smoking biting nails sarcastic critical

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anal

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1-3 years focus of pleasure is anus gains it by whit holding and expelling faeces

anal retentive - perfectionist obsessive
anal expulsive - thoughtless messy

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phallic

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3-5 years focus of pleasure is genital area experiences oedipus or electra complex
Phallic, personality, narcissistic, reckless, possibly homosexual

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latency

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earlier conflicts are repressed

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genital

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sexual desires become conscious along onset of puberty

difficulty forming heterosexual relationships

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repression

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forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious mind

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denial

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refusing to believe or even perceive painful realities

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displacement

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the transferring of ideas or emotions from their true source to another object

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defence mechanisms

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Repression, displacement and denial

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strengths of the psychodynamic approach

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P - practical applications
E - psychoanalysis proven to be extremely successful for arrange of different problems
E - used to treat problems from phobias to paralysis
L - useful in effective treatments

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limitation of the psychodynamic approach

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P - based on case studies
E - focus on individuals often in therapy
E - Little Hans phobia of horses - Freud argued repressed fear of father in childhood
L - may not develop small number of abnormal