the psychodynamic approach

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what are the four main assumptions of the psychodynamic approach
behaviour determined by unconscious, childhood, tripartrite personality, defence mechanisms
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outline freuds case study on little hans
5 y/o with phobia of horses, dreamt of marrying mum, freud concluded that the boy associated the horse with his father ( castration anxiety)
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what concepts does the little hans study support
oedipus complex and defence mechanisms
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what is the oediupus and electra complex
develop sexual feelings towards their aprent of the opposite gender but experience genitalia envy and so internalise their gender identity by internalising the oppsite parents ideals
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outline the tripartite perosnality / psyche
id- pleasure principle superego-moral conscience ego- tries to balance
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outline the subdivisions of conscience ( thoughts, feelings and experiences)
conscience- directly aware preconscience-not directly aware requires retrieval unconscience- repressed
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outline the defence mechanism denial
refusal to accept something as true
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outline displacement
redirecting emotions from a dangerous outlet to a safe one
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outline rationalisation
constructing a logical explanation
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outline repression
actively pushes something into the unconscious mind
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what is the purpose of defence mechanisms
to protect the ego
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outline the five sexual stages of development
O (O-1_ A (1-3) P (3-6) L (6-12) G (12+)
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what is fixation
a person dosent progress through the five psychosexual stages of development properly, which reveals itself in adult behaviour ( e.g. anxiety)
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outline the strengths of the psychodynamic approach
1- application/ sleep analysis and hypnosis 2- explanatory power- abnromal development and
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outline the limitations of the psychodynamic approach
1- untestable cocnepts/ in unconscious/ lack evidence 2- case studies/
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