AQA Psychology Unit 1 Psychodynamic Approach 2 (research and evaluation)
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- Psychodynamic 2
- Research
- Case studies
- Little Hans
- Detailed and qualitative data
- Hard to infer - subjective
- *Can't make generalisations
- Very specific situations
- Psychodynamics do
- Is it accurate to do so?
- Mainly on mental disorders
- Case studies
- Evaluation
- Weaknesses
- Believe adult personality is determined by childhood experiences
- Deterministic
- Unscientific
- Case studies
- Unconscious hasn't been proved to exist
- Difficult to generalise findings*
- Small samples
- Highly criticised
- Negative view of human nature
- Focuses too much on sexual aspects
- Believe adult personality is determined by childhood experiences
- Strengths
- Highlights importance of childhood experiences
- Led to investigating children
- Now have better understanding of children
- Led to investigating children
- Big impact in psychology
- Used in modern day to develop therapy for mental health problems
- Supported with qualitative research eg Little Hans
- Highlighted that not all mental illnesses had an organic cause
- Unconscious mental activity can be influenced
- Behaviour and defence mechanisms are plausible explanations for everyday behaviour
- Highlights importance of childhood experiences
- Weaknesses
- Research
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