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The Approaches: The Psychodynamic Approach Flashcards

1
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The name of the Psychologist who created the Psychodynamic Approach?

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Sigmund Freud

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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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10
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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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11
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The unconscious mind contains?

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Info we are not consciously aware of

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12
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Info in the unconscious includes…

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Repressed memories

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13
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The conscious mind is the

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part we are aware of

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14
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The part of the mind we are aware of is?

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The conscious

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15
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The preconscious includes…

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Thoughts/ideas we only are aware of in dreams

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16
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Thoughts/ideas we are only aware of in dreams is the…

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Preconscious

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17
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The unconscious mind is the part…

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we are unaware of

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18
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The part of the mind we are unaware of is the …

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Unconscious

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19
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Unconscious mind contains…

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Biological drives & threatening/disturbing memories

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20
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Biological drives & disturbing memories are stored in the

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unconscious

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21
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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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According to the Psychodynamic approach, there are how many parts of personality?

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3

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23
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Name the 3 Parts of Personality

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ID/EGO/SUPEREGO

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24
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The ID works on the what principle?

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Pleasure

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25
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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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27
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Which part of personality works on the pleasure principle?

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ID

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28
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Which part of personality works on the reality principle?

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EGO

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29
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Which part of personality works on the morality principle?

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SUPEREGO

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30
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The ID lives in the …

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Unconscious part of mind

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31
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When is the ID present from?

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Birth

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32
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Which is the only part of personality present at birth?

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ID

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33
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What does the ID want?

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Immediate Gratification

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34
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Immediate gratification drives which part of personality?

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ID

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35
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If the ID is too overpowering, it can lead to?

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Selfish personality

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36
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A selfish personality can be explained by?

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An overpowering ID

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37
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When does the EGO form?

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18 months - 3 years

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38
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18 months - 3 years is where which part of personality forms?

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EGO

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39
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What is the job of the EGO?

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To balance demands of ID & SUPEREGO

40
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How does the EGO reduce conflict between the ID & SUPEREGO?

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Defence Mechanisms

41
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When does the SUPEREGO form?

42
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3-6 years is when the what part of personality forms?

43
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How does the superego form?

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Through identifying with same-sex parent

44
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What is the superego?

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Our sense of right/wrong

45
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If the superego is overpowering, what kind of personality can this lead to?

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Anxious/guilty

46
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An anxious/guilty personality can be formed from?

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An overpowering superego

47
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Which part of personality uses defence mechanisms

48
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Why does the EGO use defence mechanisms?

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To reduce conflict of ID & superego

49
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Are defence mechanisms used consciously or unconsciously?

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Unconsciously

50
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Are defence mechanisms meant to be a long-term solution or short-term solution to conflict?

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SHORT-TERM

51
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What can defence mechanisms do to a person?

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Distort reality

52
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Name the 3 defence mechanisms

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REPRESSION/DENIAL/DISPLACEMENT

53
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REPRESSION/DENIAL/DISPLACEMENT are forms of?

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Defence Mechanisms

54
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The ID/EGO/SUPEREGO make up?

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The structure of personality

55
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The conscious/preconscious/unconscious make up?

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The unconscious mind

56
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Forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious to the unconscious is?

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Repression

57
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Repression is

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Forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious to the unconscious

58
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Refusing to acknowledge an unpleasant aspect of reality is?

59
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Denial is

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Refusing to acknowledge an unpleasant aspect of reality

60
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Transferring feelings from the true source of distressing emotion onto a less threatening substitute target is?

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Displacement

61
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Displacement is

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Transferring feelings from the true source of distressing emotion onto a less threatening substitute target

62
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How many Psychosexual stages are there?

63
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The psychosexual stages explain how which part of personality gets gratification?

64
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What must a child do in each psychosexual stage?

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Resolve conflict

65
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If a child does not resolve conflict in a psychosexual stage is leads to

66
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Fixation is where

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A child has not resolved conflict in a psychosexual stage

67
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Name the Psychosexual stages in order

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Oral/Anal/Phallic/Latency/Genital

68
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Oral stage occurs when?

69
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0-1 years is where which stage occurs?

70
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In the oral stage, how does the ID get gratification

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Mouth - dummies, thumb sucking & mother’s breast

71
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If fixated in oral stage, this leads to?

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Oral fixation - nail biting, smoking, sarcasm

72
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Oral fixation - nail biting, smoking, sarcasm occurs when?

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Fixation in the oral stage

73
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The Anal stage occurs when?

74
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At 1-3 years, what stage is a child in?

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Anal stage

75
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In the anal stage, how does the ID gain gratification?

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Anus - expulsion or withholding of faeces

76
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Fixation in the anal stage results in?

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Anal retentive personality (perfectionist)
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Anal Expulsive personality (messy)

77
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Phallic stage occurs when?

78
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At 3-5 years, which stage is a child in?

79
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In the phallic stage, how is gratification for the ID gained?

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Exploring own genitals

80
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Fixation in the phallic stage can result in?

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Phallic personality - narcissistic, reckless, problems with authority

81
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The Oedipus complex occurs in which stage?

82
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What complex occurs in the Phallic stage?

83
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Latency stage occurs when?

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6-12 years

84
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At 6-12 years a child is in the?

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Latency stage

85
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In the latency stage, what is occuring?

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Earlier conflicts are repressed

86
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Where are earlier conflicts being repressed in the latency stage?

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The unconscious mind

87
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Genital stage occurs when?

88
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At 12 years, a child is in which stage?

89
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How does the Id gain gratification in the genital stage?

A

Sexual desires becoming present

90
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If a child is fixated in the genital stage, this can lead to?

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Difficulty forming heterosexual relationships

91
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AO3: does the psychodynamic approach believe in free will or determinism?

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Determinism

92
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AO3: which type of determinism can the psychodynamic approach be criticised for?

93
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AO3: psychodynamic approach has lead to practical applications - what is the name of it

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Psychoanalysis to help anxiety

94
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AO3: Freud’s work on the psychodynamic approach was based on a case study - what is the problem?

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Low population validity

95
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AO3: some concepts like the structure of personality cannot be falsified or empirically tested, what is the issue?

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Lacks scientific methods

96
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The name of the Psychologist who created the Psychodynamic Approach?

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Sigmund Freud

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