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The Approaches: The Psychodynamic Approach Flashcards

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Assumption: Behaviour is due to…

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Unconscious motives

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Assumption: Psychodynamic Approach focuses on which experiences? Give e.g

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Past - relationship with parents

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Assumption: Childhood conflicts and relationships with parents can create…

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Behaviour & Personality

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Assumption: Our understanding of ourselves is …

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Distorted by defence mechanisms

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Assumption: Defence mechanisms…

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Distort understanding of ourselves

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Assumption: Behaviour & personality is shaped by…

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Childhood conflicts & relationships with parents

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Assumption: Unconscious motives…

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Drive/determine behaviour

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Assumption: True or False - psychodynamic approach focuses on present & future relationships?

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False - Focus is on past relationships

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How many parts of the mind are there according to the psychodynamic approach?

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3

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The unconscious mind contains?

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Info we are not consciously aware of

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Info in the unconscious includes…

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Repressed memories

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The conscious mind is the

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part we are aware of

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The part of the mind we are aware of is?

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The conscious

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The preconscious includes…

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Thoughts/ideas we only are aware of in dreams

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Thoughts/ideas we are only aware of in dreams is the…

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Preconscious

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The unconscious mind is the part…

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we are unaware of

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The part of the mind we are unaware of is the …

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Unconscious

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Unconscious mind contains…

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Biological drives & threatening/disturbing memories

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Biological drives & disturbing memories are stored in the

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unconscious

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What does the mind do with threatening/disturbing memories

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Represses/locks away in the unconscious

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Name the 3 Parts of Personality

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ID/EGO/SUPEREGO

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The ID works on the what principle?

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Pleasure

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The EGO works on what principle?

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Reality

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The SUPEREGO works on what principle?

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Morality

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Which part of personality works on the pleasure principle?
ID
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Which part of personality works on the reality principle?
EGO
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Which part of personality works on the morality principle?
SUPEREGO
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The ID lives in the ...
Unconscious part of mind
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When is the ID present from?
Birth
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Which is the only part of personality present at birth?
ID
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What does the ID want?
Immediate Gratification
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Immediate gratification drives which part of personality?
ID
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If the ID is too overpowering, it can lead to?
Selfish personality
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A selfish personality can be explained by?
An overpowering ID
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When does the EGO form?
18 months - 3 years
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18 months - 3 years is where which part of personality forms?
EGO
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What is the job of the EGO?
To balance demands of ID & SUPEREGO
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How does the EGO reduce conflict between the ID & SUPEREGO?
Defence Mechanisms
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When does the SUPEREGO form?
3-6 years
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3-6 years is when the what part of personality forms?
SUPEREGO
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How does the superego form?
Through identifying with same-sex parent
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What is the superego?
Our sense of right/wrong
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If the superego is overpowering, what kind of personality can this lead to?
Anxious/guilty
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An anxious/guilty personality can be formed from?
An overpowering superego
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Which part of personality uses defence mechanisms
Ego
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Why does the EGO use defence mechanisms?
To reduce conflict of ID & superego
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Are defence mechanisms used consciously or unconsciously?
Unconsciously
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Are defence mechanisms meant to be a long-term solution or short-term solution to conflict?
SHORT-TERM
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What can defence mechanisms do to a person?
Distort reality
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Name the 3 defence mechanisms
REPRESSION/DENIAL/DISPLACEMENT
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REPRESSION/DENIAL/DISPLACEMENT are forms of?
Defence Mechanisms
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The ID/EGO/SUPEREGO make up?
The structure of personality
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The conscious/preconscious/unconscious make up?
The unconscious mind
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Forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious to the unconscious is?
Repression
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Repression is
Forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious to the unconscious
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Refusing to acknowledge an unpleasant aspect of reality is?
Denial
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Denial is
Refusing to acknowledge an unpleasant aspect of reality
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Transferring feelings from the true source of distressing emotion onto a less threatening substitute target is?
Displacement
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Displacement is
Transferring feelings from the true source of distressing emotion onto a less threatening substitute target
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How many Psychosexual stages are there?
5
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The psychosexual stages explain how which part of personality gets gratification?
ID
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What must a child do in each psychosexual stage?
Resolve conflict
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If a child does not resolve conflict in a psychosexual stage is leads to
fixation
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Fixation is where
A child has not resolved conflict in a psychosexual stage
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Name the Psychosexual stages in order
Oral/Anal/Phallic/Latency/Genital
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Oral stage occurs when?
0-1 years
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0-1 years is where which stage occurs?
Oral
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In the oral stage, how does the ID get gratification
Mouth - dummies, thumb sucking & mother's breast
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If fixated in oral stage, this leads to?
Oral fixation - nail biting, smoking, sarcasm
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Oral fixation - nail biting, smoking, sarcasm occurs when?
Fixation in the oral stage
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The Anal stage occurs when?
1-3 years
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At 1-3 years, what stage is a child in?
Anal stage
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In the anal stage, how does the ID gain gratification?
Anus - expulsion or withholding of faeces
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Fixation in the anal stage results in?
Anal retentive personality (perfectionist) OR Anal Expulsive personality (messy)
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Phallic stage occurs when?
3-5 years
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At 3-5 years, which stage is a child in?
Phallic
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In the phallic stage, how is gratification for the ID gained?
Exploring own genitals
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Fixation in the phallic stage can result in?
Phallic personality - narcissistic, reckless, problems with authority
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The Oedipus complex occurs in which stage?
Phallic
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What complex occurs in the Phallic stage?
Oedipus
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Latency stage occurs when?
6-12 years
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At 6-12 years a child is in the?
Latency stage
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In the latency stage, what is occuring?
Earlier conflicts are repressed
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Where are earlier conflicts being repressed in the latency stage?
The unconscious mind
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Genital stage occurs when?
12 years
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At 12 years, a child is in which stage?
Genital
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How does the Id gain gratification in the genital stage?
Sexual desires becoming present
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If a child is fixated in the genital stage, this can lead to?
Difficulty forming heterosexual relationships
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AO3: does the psychodynamic approach believe in free will or determinism?
Determinism
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AO3: which type of determinism can the psychodynamic approach be criticised for?
Psychic
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AO3: psychodynamic approach has lead to practical applications - what is the name of it
Psychoanalysis to help anxiety
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AO3: Freud's work on the psychodynamic approach was based on a case study - what is the problem?
Low population validity
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AO3: some concepts like the structure of personality cannot be falsified or empirically tested, what is the issue?
Lacks scientific methods
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The name of the Psychologist who created the Psychodynamic Approach?
Sigmund Freud

2022-2024 Year 13 A-Level Psychology - Y13 (52 decks)

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