Psychodynamic approach
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- Created on: 17-05-14 17:05
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- Psychodynamic approach
- Freud believed that mental illnesses were not physical in origin but were the result of unresolved childhood conflicts
- Id
- the irrational, primitive part of a personality
- demands immediate satisfaction and is rule by the pleasure-principle
- Ego
- the conscious, rational part of a personality
- arbitrates between demands of id and superego
- Superego
- embodies are conscience and sense of right and wrong
- develops between ages of 3-6
- the constant disagreements between the id, ego and superego can lead to a lot anxiety
- Defence mechanisms
- Projection
- blaming someone else for something a child cannot deal with
- Repression
- moving unpleasant thoughts into the unconscious
- Regression
- behaving like a child (immature) when faced with a difficult situation
- Projection
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