AO3 psychodynamic approach

Question 1

What is a limitation of the psychodynamic approach in understanding the structure of personality?

Answer 1

It does not use scientific methods and so does not use scienfific enquiry to investigate human behaviour.

Question 2

Why arent scientific methods used to investigate this approach?

Answer 2

Features like the unconscious and structure of personality are based on abstract concepts which canot be objectively and empirically tested and falsified

Question 3

What is the practical application for the psychodynamic approach?

Answer 3

The practical application for this approach is psychoanalysis which is used to treat abnormalities in the real world and resolve unconscious conflicts

Question 4

Discussion point for the prac app

Answer 4

The extent to which this therapy is usrd in the real world is relatively small compared to CBT and drug therapy, especially when treating more serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia where individuals may struggle to see what is real

Question 5

Why may people with schizophrenia struggle with psychoanalysis?

Answer 5

They may struggle to identif what is real and what is not which means that those with the disorder may struggle to articulate their thoughts in a way that is neccassary for psychoanalysis

Question 6

What is a further limitation of the psychodynamic approach?

Answer 6

Psychic determinism