The psychodynamic approach

Question 1

Psychodynamic appraoch in one sentence

Answer 1

Behaviour is determined by unconscious forces that we can’t control

Question 2

Psychodynamic approach brief AO1

Answer 2

Role of the unconscious
Structure of the personality: id, ego, superego
Psychosexual stages

Question 3

Psychodynamic approach brief AO3

Answer 3

Explanatory power: Huge influence on psych and Western thought
Practical application to psychoanalysis
Case study method: Unique and abnormal cases, scientific rigour
Untestable concepts: Much of theory = unfalsible and untestable