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The psychodynamic approach Flashcards

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What is the psychodynamic approach?

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The belief that change and development of an individual is caused by ‘drive’

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Which psychologist is associated with the psychodynamic approach?

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Sigmund Freud

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What is the unconscious mind?

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The part of the mind that contains repressed thoughts and primitive desires/impulses

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What metaphor did Freud use when talking about the mind?

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An iceberg

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What are Freudian slips?

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An unintentional error that reveals unconscious thoughts

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How did Freud propose that the mind prevents unconscious thoughts from reaching the conscious mind?

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Defence mechanisms

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What are defence mechanisms?

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Unconscious strategies that protect our conscious minds from anxiety

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What are the 3 defence mechanisms?

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Denial, displacement and repression

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What is repression?

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The unconscious blocking of unacceptable thoughts

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What is the issue with repression?

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It continues to influence behaviour without the individual being aware

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What is denial?

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The refusal to accept reality to avoid painful feelings

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What is displacement?

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The redirection of thoughts and feelings

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What personality type did Freud invent?

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The tripartite personaility

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What are the 3 components of the tripartite personality

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The id, the ego and the superego

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Where does the id operate?

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The unconscious mind

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What does the id operate according to?

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The pleasure principle

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What is the pleasure principle?

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The demand of immediate gratification regardless of the circumstances

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What does the ego mediate between?

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The demands of the id and the moralistic demands of the superego

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What can the superego be subdivided into?

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The ego ideal and the conscience

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What is the conscience?

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The internalisation of societal rules

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What is the role of the conscience?

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It determines which behaviours are acceptable and causes feelings of guilt when rules are broken

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What is the ego ideal?

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What a person strives towards

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What are the psychosexual stages?

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Stages of childhood development that focus on libido

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What are the 5 psychosexual stages?

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Oral, anal, phallic, latent and genital

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What is the approximate age of the oral stage?

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0-2 years

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What occurs in the oral stage?

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The mouth is the focal point of sensation

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What behaviours occur in the oral stage?

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Sucking and biting

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What is the approximate age of the anal stage?

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2-3 years

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What occurs in the anal stage?

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The ego begins to develop

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What behaviours occur in the anal stage?

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Toilet training

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What is the approximate age of the phallic stage?

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3-6 years

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What occurs in the phallic stage?

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Sexual energy is focused on the genitals

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What behaviours occur in the phallic stage?

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Oedipus complex and castration anxiety

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What is the Oedipus complex?

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When male children desire to possess their mother and get rid of their father

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What is castration anxiety?

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The fear of male children that their father will castrate them as a result of the Oedipus complex

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What is the approximate age of the latent stage?

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6-12 years

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What occurs in the latent stage?

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The child develops a mastery of the world around them

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What is the approximate age of the genital stage?

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12+ years

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What occurs during the genital stage?

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Sexual energy is fixed on the genitals

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What behaviours occur during the genital stage?

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Sexual intercourse

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