Psychodymamic DRHPAININS

Question 1

Determinist

Answer 1

no control as we are are product of internal forces
Not a product if choice but a product of experiences which exist in the unconscious mind
We do not chose our childhood so we have no control over who we become

Question 2

Reductionist & Holistic

Answer 2

Freud looks at complex and individual explanations
Does simplify human behaviour to mechanics of the mind
Ignores biology

Question 3

Practical Applications

Answer 3

treatments from its core principles
Psychoanalysis

Question 4

Idiographic & Nomothetic

Answer 4

Freuds theories are common to all of us and determine our behaviour

Question 5

Interactionist

Answer 5

adult personality derives from cognitive beliefs and childhood experiences
People may get stuck at stages/fixated and leads to a predictabe adult personality

Question 6

Non-Scientific

Answer 6

no hard evidence from experiments there are only case studies.
Impossible to generalise from one to another.
Cant measure constraints that aren’t accessable