the psychodynamic approach Flashcards

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what are Freud’s 3 key assumptions

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  • the unconscious mind is the driving force of behaviour
  • instincts drive our behaviour
  • early childhood makes us who we are (first 5 years)
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the mind has 3 parts, which are…

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the conscious, pre conscious and the unconscious

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what are the 3 parts of the personality

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id, ego and superego

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when does the ego develop

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18 months to 3 years

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when does the superego develop

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3 to 6 years

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what are the 3 defence mechanisms

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repression, denial and displacement

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define repression

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an unpleasant memory is pushed to the back of the unconscious mind and can no longer be reached, thus reducing anxiety

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define denial

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an individual refuses to accept reality of an unpleasant situation to reduce anxiety

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define displacement

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a strong emotion is expressed from a source of distress onto a neutral, substitute target

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what are the psychosexual stages in order

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oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

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what is the oepidus complex

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a boy has intense feelings for his mother, has castration anxiety and so copies his father

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what is the electra complex

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a girl has penis envy and so replaces this desire with the desire for a child, and so copies her mother

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