The Psychodynamic Approach - Intro and the Role of the Unconscious
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- The Psycho Dynamic Approach
- Psychodynamic theorists believe an individuals abnormal behaviour is determined by underlying psychological conflicts of which they are largely aware.
- Freud - best known psychodynamic theorist.
- He believed unconscious forces determined all abnormal and normal behaviour.
- THE ROLE OF UNCONSCIOUS
- The unconscious contains threatening and disturbing memories that have been repressed.
- Freud suggested the part of the mind that we know and are aware of - the conscious mind is merely 'the tip of the iceberg'
- Most of our mind is made up of the unconscious stores biological drives and instincts that has a significant influence on our behaviour and personality.
- Freud suggested the part of the mind that we know and are aware of - the conscious mind is merely 'the tip of the iceberg'
- The unconscious contains threatening and disturbing memories that have been repressed.
- Psychodynamic theorists believe an individuals abnormal behaviour is determined by underlying psychological conflicts of which they are largely aware.
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