The Psychodynamic Perspective

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What where the three parts Freud wrote to human personality?
id: Primitive innate part of personality. Ego: Conscious part of personality that regulates id. Super ego: Moral part that is learned from parents and society (all hypothetical entities)
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What is the psychodynamic perspective?
Originated from the work of Freud focuses on the role of the unconscious mind and our past experiences as the cause of our current behaviours
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What are the 5 psychosexual stages?
oral, anal, phallic, latent and genital
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Outline two assumptions of the Psychodynamic perspective
The human development is a dynamic process and that early experiences drives us to behave in predictable ways. Childhood is a critical period of development, infants are born with innate biological drives and drives have a physical (sexual) basis.
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Name 2 strengths of this perspective
Provides a rich picture of individual personalities. Has influenced psychology and beyond.
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Name 2 weaknesses of the psychodynamic perspective
Often investigator bias. Very deterministic. Lacks empirical support (objective evidence)
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