Psychodynamic Approach

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  • Created on: 08-11-21 00:03

PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH

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  • Focuses on studying how uconscious psychological processes shape behaviour
  • Processes are thought to form during early childhood experience

Founded by SIGMUND FREUD

  • The unconscious - not open to awareness, contians socially unacceptable thoughts, painful emotions, drives/instincts and repressed memories

STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY

Id: PLEASURE principle

Present from BIRTH

Satisying needs/desires

Ego: REALITY principle

Develops from 2 YEARS

Balances id and superego; rational thought

Superego: MORALITY principle

Develops from 3-5 YEARS

Obeying learnt rules of society, guilt

Defence mechanisms - unconscious processes that reduce anxiety felt by the Ego by distorting reality

Repression - making a memory inaccessible to consciousness

Denial - refusing to accept reality of situation

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