Psychodynamic Approach
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- Psychodynamic Approach
- The Role of the Unconscious
- Conscious: The mental activity that we are aware of (thoughts, perceptions).
- Pre-Conscious: The mental activity that we could be aware of if we focused (memories).
- Unconscious: The mental activity we aren't aware of (irrationality, trauma).
- Freudian Slips: when the ego doesn't censor the id.
- The Structure of Personality
- Ego: It resolves any conflict between the id and superego.
- Develops from 2 years of age.
- Based on the reality principle.
- Uses defence mechanisms if it can't resolve something.
- Id: It controls desires and instincts in the unconscious minds.
- Develops from birth (bundles of ids).
- Based on the pleasure principle.
- Too strong - immoral and destructive behaviour.
- Superego: It represents standards that we have been taught to live to.
- Develops from 5 years of age.
- Too strong - phobias and OCD.
- Based on the morality principle.
- Ego: It resolves any conflict between the id and superego.
- Defence Mechanisms
- Denial - refusing to acknowledge some aspect of reality.
- Repression - the unconscious blocking of unacceptable thoughts and impulses.
- Displacement - you redirect feelings to another target.
- Psychosexual Stages
- 3. Phallic (3yrs-5yrs)
- Fixation: anxiety, narcissism (men) or envy, inferiority (women).
- Focus: genital area. Desire: OEDIPUS, ELECTRA.
- 4. Latency (6yrs-12yrs)
- Focus: same sex friendships. Desire: hobbies.
- Fixation: None.
- 2. Anal (1yr-3yrs)
- Fixation: anal retentive, anal expulsive.
- Focus: the anus. Desire: withholding and excreting.
- 5. Genital (12yrs+)
- Focus: healthy relationships. Desire: None.
- Fixation: None.
- 1. Oral (Birth-1yr)
- Fixation: smoking, drinking,.
- Focus: the mouth. Desire: the mother's breast.
- 3. Phallic (3yrs-5yrs)
- Evaluation
- Freud based his research on in-depth detailed analysis.
- Strength: A large amount of info can be gathered.
- Weakness: One patient isn't representative of the population.
- The topic is deterministic and socially sensitive.
- It is not open to empirical reasoning as the unconscious mind is pretty much impossible to investigate.
- Freud based his research on in-depth detailed analysis.
- The Role of the Unconscious
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