the Psychodynamic approach
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- Created on: 27-04-14 16:32
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- The psychodynamic approach
- adult behaviour results from complex interactions between the sub conscious and the conscious
- developed from birth onwards
- Freud was interested in the interaction between the conscious and the unconscious
- personality is made up of three interacting elements
- the id
- this is the reservoir of out unconscious and instinctual energy
- most important psychic energy is the libido
- sexual energy
- most important psychic energy is the libido
- operates on seeking pleasure though sex and other forms of pleasure
- can also lead to aggression and violence
- present from birth
- this is the reservoir of out unconscious and instinctual energy
- the ego
- represents our conscious self
- develops during early childhood
- tried to balance the demands of the if with the morals of the super ego, this is called the reality principle and is how it operates
- the super ego
- is our personal moral authority or conscience
- it develops later in childhood when the child internalises one parents morals
- id the eg fails to balance the id and the super ego psychological disorders may occur
- Dominance of the id may lead to destructive tenancies, uninhibited sexual behaviour
- if dominance of the super ego occurs then the person may be unable to experience any form of pleasure
- the id
- to deal with intra-psychic conflict (id, ego, super ego) and to avoid anxiety there are ego defence mechanisms
- repression
- they don't disappear but the individual is unaware of them
- displacement
- this occurs when an unacceptable drive eg hatred is displaced from its primary target to a more acceptable target
- denial
- a person refuses to accept that a particular event has happened
- the surviving member of a long and happy marriage may continue to act as if their spouse is alive
- a person refuses to accept that a particular event has happened
- repression
- Evaluation
- Freud was the first person the empathise the significance of the unconscious and how hidden material can influence our behaviour
- many studied support this such as childhood sexual abuse on psychopathology
- repression of traumatic experiences may reveal itself in adult behaviour
- first to suggest that childhood experiences could effect adulthood bahviour
- eg Ainsworth on early attachment styles
- highlights the importance of childhood
- didnt study children just developed his theory on case studies of middle aged women from Vienna with neurotic disorders
- gender specific
- culturally specific
- the id, ego and super ego are impossible to test using scientific methodology
- Freud was the first person the empathise the significance of the unconscious and how hidden material can influence our behaviour
- adult behaviour results from complex interactions between the sub conscious and the conscious
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