Indiv Diff Exp Psychodynamic Explanation Of SZ

Question 1

What does fixation mean

Answer 1

Freud proposed that individuals with SZ become fixated during the first 1-2 months of the oral stage.

Question 2

What does regression

Answer 2

Stress can lead an adult to regress back to the oral stage.
Regress is an ego defence mechanism which causes the ego to retract back to an earlier stage.

Question 3

What causes someone with SZ to lose touch with reality

Answer 3

If an individual regress back to when the ego effectively doesn’t exist there’s nothing stopping how the ID operates

Question 4

What symptoms of SZ represent the unchecked activities of the ID and explain why

Answer 4

Hallucinations and delusions because the loose touch with reality not being able to tell between reality and their desires and fantasies