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What are the three asumptions in the psychodynamic approach?

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-Behaviour can be explained by the tripartite model of personality
-Behaviour can be explained by the unconscious mind
-Behaviour is influenced by childhood experiances

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What are the three parts of the tripartite model of personality + roles?

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-ID, runs on the pleasure principle
-Superego,runs on the morality principle
-Ego-runs on the reality principle

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What are personality traits of a dominant superego?

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Submissive,honest and guilable

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What are the personality traits of a dominant ID?

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Selfish,demanding and impulsive

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What are the three parts of the mind?

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Conscious,subconscious and unconscious

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What is contained in the unconscious mind?

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Repressed thoughts and feelings such as violence

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What are four ways of accessing the uncoscious mind?

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Parapraxis,dream analysis,inkblot test and work association

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According to dream analysis, what does falling suggest?

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A feeling of losing control

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What are defence mechanisms?

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Unconscious stratergies created by the ego to manage the conflict between the ID and superego

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What are three examples of defence mechanisms?

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Repression,displacement and projection

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What does diplacement mean?

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Redirecting an unacceptable feeling from the original source to a more safer target

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What are the five stages of psychosexual development?

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Oral,Anal,Phallic,Latency and Genital

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When do the psychosexual development stages take place?

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-Oral=0 to 18 months
-Anal=18months to 3yrs
-Phallic=3 to 5 yrs
-Latency=5yrs to puberty
-Genital=Puberty to adolesence

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What is meant by frustration?

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When the stage hasn’t been resolved because the needs are not met, the child is under satisfied

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What is meant be overindulgence?

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The needs of the child have been more than satisfied, and the result is the child feels too comfortable or reluctant to move onto the next stage

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Who does the oedipus complex happen to and what does it lead to?

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Boys and it results in the development of the superego

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Who does the electra complex happen to and what does it lead to?

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Girls and it results in the development of the superego

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What is the therapy of the psychodynamic approach?

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Dream analysis

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What are the components of dream analysis therapy?

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Dreams as wish fufillment, symbolic nature, dreamwork and role of the therapist

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What are the aims of dream analysis?

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-Reveal the unconscious and bring it to the conscious
-Uncover latent content by examining manifest content
-Offer insights that allow psychological issues to be resolved

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What does dreams as wish fufillment mean?

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Wishes are fufilled as dreams because the wishes could not be satisfied by the conscious mind

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How do dreams protect the sleeper?

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By allowing the expression of desired urges which have consequences in reality e.g violence

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What is manifest content?

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What people are able to recall from their dreams

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What is latent content?

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The hidden/real meaning behind the dream

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What does the symbolic nature of dreams mean?
Unfulfilled dreams and urges are expressed symbolically in dreams
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What is dreamwork?
The process of transforming the manifest content of a dream into the mainfest content
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What are three techniques involved in dreamwork?
Condensation, displacement and symbolism
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What is meant by condensation?
Condensing many different ideas into one dream
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Give an example of condensation
A dream about someone's partner and mother may be represented by their faces melting together
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What is therapist's role in dreamwork?
Decode the mainfest content of a dream to uncover the latent content
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Is the therapist responsible for the final interpretation of the dream?
No the therapist offers potentional explanations and the patient chooses the one that is most suitable for them
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What are effectiveness strengths and weaknesses of dream analysis?
Strengths-Research support Weaknesses-Use of case studies,methodological issues
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What are ethical issues in dream analysis?
False memory syndrome, emotional harm, and therapist--client relationship
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What is research support of dream analysis?
Solmms used PET scans which results showed that the rational part of the brain is inactive during sleep. Whereas the centres concerened with memory and motivation are very active
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What case study did Freud use for his research?
Dora who had a recoccuring dream of being awoken by her father to her house burning down
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Why is the use of case studies a limitation?
Case studies focus on an individual or a small group meaning the results can't been easily generalised to the target population, low population validity
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Why is research support a strength?
It suggests that there is some scientific basis for the theory that underpins dream analysis
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What is the classical research of the psychodynamic approach?
Bowlby's 44 thieves
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Define maternal deprivation
When a child has formed an attachment with their primary caregiver but it is the lost due to lengthy, permanent seperation
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When is the critical period for a child to form an attachment with a primary caregiver?
2 1/2 years
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What did bowlby argue was the cause of delinquent behaviour?
Seperation from the mother
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How many participants were in Bowlby's case study?
88 children aged (5-17yrs)
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Who was the experimental group of Bowlby's research
-44 thieves (they had all been caught stealing) -Aged 5 to 17 yrs -31 boys and 13 girls
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Who was the contol group of Bowlby's research?
44 children from Bowlby's clinic who had not stolen
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What was the procedure in Bowlby's research?
-Children given IQ tests and their emotional attitudes were noted (by a psychologist_ -Mothers were interviewed and asked about the children's early psychiatric history (by a social worker) -The psychologist and social worker reported to Bowlby -Both mother and child were then interviewed by Bowlby
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What was the sampling method in Bowlby's research and where was it taken from?
Opportunity sampling and Bowlby's clinic
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What was the character types found from Bowlby's research?
Normal, depressed, circular, hyperthermic, affectionless and schizoied
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What was the most and least popular character types in Bowlby's research (with numbers)?
Affectionless~14 Normal~2
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Out of 14 affectionless character types how many experianced frequent seperations from their mother?
12
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Out of the 30 non-affectionless thieves how many experianced seperations from the mother?
3
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How many out of the affectionless character types were grade 4 thieves?
13
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What are four conclusions made from Bowlby's research?
-Bowlby doubt a law-abiding affectionless character exists -Affectionless thieves have distinctivally early prolonged seperation from their mother -Children who steel are of an affectionless character, which resulted from prolonged seperation from their mother -Bowlby argued through steeling, children hopes for emotional satisfaction to compensate from prolonged seperation
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What are methodolgical issues of Bowlby's research?
No causual findings, biased data and the sample
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What are ethical issues of Bowlby's research?
Lack of informed consent and no confidentiality
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What is an educational social impications of Bowlby's research?
Schools/nurseries have interventions for children with poor attachment
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What is a workplace social implication of Bowlby's research?
Offering maternal/paternal leave or Mothers may avoid returning to work after bith
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What is a health social implication of Bowlby's resarch?
Hospitals ensure there is skin on skin contant or Visiting hours to see children in hospital
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What is the debate for the psychodynamic approach?
The mother as the primary caregiver (PCG)
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What are the themes for mother as PCG?
Feeding, influence on future relationships and stay at home vs day care
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What is the example for mother as PCG for feeding?
NHS states that infants should be breastfeed for first six months of life to promote the health of the infant
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Whata is an implication of mother as PCG for feeding?
Mothers who do not or cannot breastfeed may feel inadequate as mothers
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What is an example against mother as PCG for feedinng?
Harlow's study with a baby monkey,wire monkey and cloth monkey(which fed the moneky) showed that providing food is not as vital as providing comfort
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What is Bowlby's monotropic theory?
It suggests that the attachment between a mother and the child is the most vital
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What is the exanple for mother as PCG for influence on future relationships?
Bowlby's 44 thieves which showed that 13/14 affectionless children experianced maternal deprevation
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Why was the example for mother as PCG for influence on future relationships critisced?
Bowlby conducted the interviews himself and diagnosed the children. This may mean the results could biased
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What is an ethical implication for mother as PCG for influence on future relationships?
Mothers may become reluctant to return to work after birth to prevent affecting their child's future relationships=this will support stereotypes
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What is the example against mother as PCG for influence on future relationships?
Zimmermen assessed the attachment type between a mother and their child as a baby and as an adolesent. His study found that there is very little relationship between infant attachment and the attachment as adolescents
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What does zimmermen's study contradict?
Bowlby's internal working model(IWM)
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What is Bowlby's internal working model mean(IWM)?
It suggest that the relationship between us and our parents creates a template for future relationships that we will have
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What is a social implication for against mother as PCG for influence on future relationships?
This may cause mothers to lose interest in forming an attachment with their children
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What does an average day care class cost in some areas?
£4 to £12
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What is a social impliaction for mother as PCG for day care vs stay at home?
High prices of day care classes may cause parents to be forced to stay home with their children which has an affect on the economy
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Is the psychodynamic approach deterministic or free will, and why?
Deterministic tripartite model of personality
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Is the psychodynamic approach reductionist or holist, and why?
Reductionist Freud explained behaviour in terms of how we progress through childhood
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What are applications of the psychodynamic approach?
Dream analysis
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Is the psychodynamic approach idiographic or nomothetic?
Both
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Why is the psychodynamic approach both idiographic and nomothetic?
Nomothetic~ developed the psychosexual staged and tripartite personality + applied to everyone Idiographic~ Emphasis on subjective and unique experiances of an individual
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Is the psychodynamic approach nature or nurture?
Both
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Why is the psychodynamic approach interactionist?
Nature~Freud belived the ID is present at birth and it is the biological aspect of our personality Nurtue~Personality and behaviour is influenced by childhood experiances
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Is the psychodynamic approach scientific or unscientific, and why?
Unscientific~Uses subjective viewpoints

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