Paper 2 psychodynamic approach Flashcards
(19 cards)
Who?
Sigmund feud
Assumptions to Psychodynamic approach?
unconscious forces in our mind determine our thoughts, feelings and behaviour
the mind can be split into conscious, pre-conscious, unconscious
future behaviour in adults is influenced by childhood experience
conscious?
what we are aware of
e.g. the tip of the iceberg
pre-conscious?
thoughts we may be aware of throught dreaming and parapraxes
parapraxes?
slips of tongue such as calling your teacher mum/dad
unconscious?
thoughts that are led by biological instincts and drives which then influence behaviour and personality
e.g. fears, traumas including repressed distrubing/threatening memories
personality?
Id - instinctive part fueled off unconscious desires/impulses (instant gratification)
Ego - rational part fueled off logical conscious thoughts to balance Id
Superego - moral values and determines if ego use will unacceptable means to balance Id
psychosexual stage acronym? hint OAPLG
Old Age Pensioners Love Guinness
Old stage? 0-1 yrs
oral stage
what? mouth is point of pleasure
how? suckling
so? to survive - biological drive
fixation? too much/little can lead to fixation (smoking) e.g. dependent trusting argumentative
Age? 1- 3yrs
anal stage
what? anus is point of pleasure
how? anal retention/expulsion through potty training
so? ego can be developed by placing restrictions on behaviour through potty behaviour
fixation? anally retentive/expulsive personality may develop e.g orderly, clean, cruel OR untidy, impulsive, generous
pensioners? 3- 6yrs
phallic stage
what? genitals is point of pleasure
how? becomes aware + obesessed with genitals
so? oedipus/electra complex develops
fixation? vain, reckless, ambitious
love stage? 6yrs
latency stage
what? puberty so sexual desire are domain
how? want nothing to do with opposite sex
so? social amd intellectual development occurs
fixation? asexuality
guinness?
genital stage
what? maurity so point of pleasure is opposite sex
how? Id demands for calm of latency to be disrupted in hetrosexual desires
so? opposite is used to satifsy libido
fixation? homosexuality
fixation?
when a child is unable to successfully pass a stage due ot lack or excess of exposure to stimuli.
oedipus complex?
what? unconscious desire for opposite sex parent
how? makes them resent same sex parent and see as competitor as bigger/stronger
so? develop castration anxiety as believe girls have been castrated by competitor and in turn identify with competitor. this allows for super ego to develops as internalision of competitors morals and standards occurs
electra complex?
what? girls believe mother has already castrated them and turn to father for love and hope of ‘regaining penis’
how? suffer from penis envy
so? resolve this by haing a male baby, taking on male lover or having a career to ‘amulate a man’ as a way for compensating lack of penis
defence mechanisms?
repression - thought forced out of conscious mind
denial - refusing to acknowledge reality
displacement - transferring feelings from their true source to submissive target
strengths?
(introduction) psychotherapy is the forerunner to many mordern day therapies such as counselling
can be used to explain wide range of behaviours and draws attention to influence of childhood on behaviour. so positive influence
weaknesses?
untestable concepts such as oedipus complex occurring at unconscious level. so lacks scientific rigour and may be seen as a pseudo science
determinism as no space for free will since freud believed there was no such thing as accident. so too extreme
