Psychodynamic Flashcards
(31 cards)
What is Eros ?
Life instinct
Sex drive
What is Thanatos?
Death instinct
Risks
What is pre conscious?
Available information
What is conscious?
Aware of the information
What is unconscious?
Not aware of information
What is psychoanalysis?
Therapy which aims to investigate the interaction of conscious and unconscious elements in the mind. Bringing repressed fears and conflicts into the conscious mind by techniques such as dream interpretation and free association.
What is the ID?
Pleasure principle, selfish, criminalistic, basic desires, unconscious, pleasure seeking
What is the ego?
Reality principle, keeps the id in check, strikes the balance between desires and consequences
What is the super ego?
Conscious, altruism principle, moral rules learned when we are punished, guidance through the feeling of guilt and anxiety
What does altruism mean?
Selfless concern for the well-being of others
What does erogenuous mean?
A part of the body sensitive to sexual stimulation
What are the 5 stages of the psychosexual theory?
Oral
Anal
Phalic
Latency
Genital
What is the Oedipus complex?
The boy who wants a sexual relationship with his mother, but his father is in the way. The boy also has a fear that he is going to be castrated as he thinks that his father castrated his mother
what is the electra complex?
Girl versions of the Oedipus complex
Girl wants sexual relations with father mother tells girl off, girl thinks her mother has been castrated so now she thinks she has also been castrated
What behaviour occurs with a weakly developed super ego?
Antisocial, satisfy urges at any cost, impulsive, narcissistic, less inhibition, less guillt
What crime occur when the super ego is weakly developed?
Assault, burglary, theft and sex offences
What behaviour occurs with a too forgiving super ego?
Deep seated guilt, craves punishment, compulsive repeat offending
What crime can occur from a too forgiving super ego?
Shoplifting, property crime, drug offences
What behaviour occurs from a deviant super ego?
Socialised into deviant moral code, internalises criminal values
What crimes can occur from a deviant super ego?
Gang violence, bank robbery, organised crime
What does Freud’s theory ignore?
Biological and genetic factors that influence and contribute to mental health problems and crime
Why is Freud’s theory unfalsifiable?
Difficult to prove wrong, unscientific so explanation of criminality is flawed
What can’t Freud’s theory measure?
Unconscious mind to discover inner conflicts and motivations
Why is Freud’s theory too subjective?
Small scale case study so can’t generalise results
