Psychodynamic Approach to Abnormality
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- Created on: 01-06-13 11:34
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- Psychodynamic Approach
- AO3
- Reductionist because it only argues that unconscious thoughts cause abnormality
- Lacks population validity because an experiment carried out on a 5 year old cannot be generalised
- Untestable, as you cannot see a personality and it cannot be falsified
- AO2
- Little Hans; 5 year old boy who developed a fear of horses
- Due to a fear of his father castrating him, created a fear of a horse biting him
- Reflective of the phallic stage
- Freud the told his father to identify with Hans, the phobia disappeared once he had done this
- Reflective of the phallic stage
- Due to a fear of his father castrating him, created a fear of a horse biting him
- Little Hans; 5 year old boy who developed a fear of horses
- AO1
- All behaviour is controlled by the unconscious mind
- Abnormality is caused by unconscious thoughts and childhood experiences
- ID; if becomes too dominant the individual may become selfish - develop SZ
- Super ego; if becomes too dominant the individual will always try to please - develop AN
- Ego; needs to be strong otherwise the ID or the super ego will dominate
- Super ego; if becomes too dominant the individual will always try to please - develop AN
- ID; if becomes too dominant the individual may become selfish - develop SZ
- Abnormality is caused by unconscious thoughts and childhood experiences
- All behaviour is controlled by the unconscious mind
- AO3
- AO1
- All behaviour is controlled by the unconscious mind
- Abnormality is caused by unconscious thoughts and childhood experiences
- ID; if becomes too dominant the individual may become selfish - develop SZ
- Super ego; if becomes too dominant the individual will always try to please - develop AN
- Ego; needs to be strong otherwise the ID or the super ego will dominate
- Super ego; if becomes too dominant the individual will always try to please - develop AN
- ID; if becomes too dominant the individual may become selfish - develop SZ
- Abnormality is caused by unconscious thoughts and childhood experiences
- All behaviour is controlled by the unconscious mind
- 5 Psycho Sexual Stages
- Oral; 0-18 month year olds, focuses on the mouth
- Anal; 18-36moth year olds, focusing on potty training
- Phallic; 3-5 year olds, focuses on the penis, of foxatescouldlead tophobias
- Both Latent & Genital stage have no effect if everything is normal in the previous stages the child will develop normally
- Phallic; 3-5 year olds, focuses on the penis, of foxatescouldlead tophobias
- Anal; 18-36moth year olds, focusing on potty training
- Oral; 0-18 month year olds, focuses on the mouth
- AO2
- Little Hans; 5 year old boy who developed a fear of horses
- Due to a fear of his father castrating him, created a fear of a horse biting him
- Reflective of the phallic stage
- Freud the told his father to identify with Hans, the phobia disappeared once he had done this
- Reflective of the phallic stage
- Due to a fear of his father castrating him, created a fear of a horse biting him
- Little Hans; 5 year old boy who developed a fear of horses
- AO3
- Reductionist because it only argues that unconscious thoughts cause abnormality
- Lacks population validity because an experiment carried out on a 5 year old cannot be generalised
- Untestable, as you cannot see a personality and it cannot be falsified
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