Psychodynamic Approach Flashcards
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What is in this approach
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- the structure of personality
- the role of the unconscious
- defence mechanisms
- psychosexual stages
2
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What is the personality split into
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Id- pleasure principle - Ego - Superego -
3
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What is the role of the unconscious
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- Freud believed we are all driven by desires
- not aware of these desires
- initial work was on people with mental disorders
4
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What would happen if there was ever unresolved conflict
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- starts in childhood when the ego has not fully developed
- lead to a mental disorder
- fear of your mother in childhood may be unconscious
- fear can only be resolved by bringing this out of the subconscious
5
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What is the Oedipus/Electra complex
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- Fred’s most infamous and controversial theory
- one unconscious desire was for all people to have an unconscious desire for affection (sexual) from the parent to the opposite sex
- this unconscious fear is then coupled with the fear of the same sex parent finding out and castrating them
- then Cause them to want to kill off their same sex parent before they uncover their secret
- only when an adult ego can resolve this issue can we have a healthy adult relationship
- issue not resolved can lead to defence mechanisms
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What is repression
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- traumatic memory is best pushed to the unconscious
- a stressful incident when you were younger
- may try and forget so that you aren’t stressed by it
- leads to unresolved conflict as the problem isn’t dealt with
7
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What is denial
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- same as repression
– except the person actually convinces themselves it didn’t happen or it wasn’t traumatic
8
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What is displacement
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- the feelings of anger or lust towards somebody are deemed unacceptable
- (super ego says so)
- those feelings are displaced onto something more acceptable
9
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What is the case study in this approach
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- little hans
- was afraid of his father because he believed that because he loved his mother his dad wanted to castrate him
- little hand moved his fear to horses and had defence mechanisms such as displacement because he moved his fear
10
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What are the psychosexual stages
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Old- oral Age- anal Pensioners- Phallic Love- latency Guinness- genital
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What is the oral stage
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- birth to one year
- mouth
- experience: weaning
- oral gratification: sucking, eating and biting
- adult traits/problems: optimism, gullibility, dependency, pessimism, passivity, hostility, sarcasm and aggression
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What is the anal stage
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- one to three years
- anus
- conflicts: toilet training, gratification from expelling and withholding feces
- adult traits: excessive cleanliness, orderliness, stinginess, messiness, rebelliousness and destructiveness
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What is the phallic stage
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- three to five years
- genitals
- conflicts: Oedipal conflict, sexual curiosity, masturbation
- adult traits: flirtatiousness, vanity, promiscuity, prose and chastity
14
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What is latency
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- five to six years to puberty
- no part of the body
- conflicts: period of sexual calm, interest in school, hobbies, same-sex friends
- adult traits: low attachment
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What is genital
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- from puberty onwards
- genitals
- conflicts: revival of sexual interests, establishment of mature sexual relationships
