PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH
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- Created on: 25-08-22 16:37
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- psychodynamic
- associated with the work of sigmund freud
- focused on the abnormal behaviour and neurosis
- claiming that neurosis and all undesirable behaviour was the result of conflict between our conscious and unconscious mind
- focused on the abnormal behaviour and neurosis
- refers to theories that emphasis change and development in humans
- DEFENSE MECHANISM
- repression
- blocking unacceptable thoughts and impulses
- denial
- refusal to accept reality to avoid painful feelings
- displacement
- re-directing thoughts and behaviour towards someone else
- repression
- conflict in childhood leads to problems in later adulthood
- shown in psychosexual stages
- structure of personality
- the ego
- reality principle
- compromise between id and ego
- the superego
- morality principle
- leads to guilt
- internalisation of societies rules
- what is right or wrong
- the id
- pleasure principle
- unconscious
- demands immediate gratification
- the ego
- EVALUATION
- negative
- small case study
- not generalisable, may not apply to everyone
- deterministic
- we have no control over our lives as everything is driven by unconscious forces
- doesn't meet the criterion of falsification
- can be neither proved nor disproved
- small case study
- positive
- had a big impact on psychology
- drew attention to the connection between childhood experiences and later development
- also drew attention to the influence of our unconscious
- drew attention to the connection between childhood experiences and later development
- practical applications
- development of psychoanalysis, creating a range of techniques to reach the subconscious, e.g. hypnosis to help treat issues such as mild neurosis
- but can be dangerous in some mental illnesses e.g. schizophrenia
- development of psychoanalysis, creating a range of techniques to reach the subconscious, e.g. hypnosis to help treat issues such as mild neurosis
- had a big impact on psychology
- negative
- role of unconscious and conscious
- thoughts and perceptions
- conscious
- superego
- violent motives, fear, selfish needs, immoral images
- unconscious
- id
- violent motives, fear, selfish needs, immoral images
- memories, stored knowledge
- violent motives, fear, selfish needs, immoral images
- unconscious
- id
- preconcious
- superego
- violent motives, fear, selfish needs, immoral images
- thoughts and perceptions
- associated with the work of sigmund freud
- ego
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