Psychodynamic Approach

Question 1

What is the unconscious ?

Answer 1

The part of the mind we are unaware of and cannot access at will

Question 2

What does tripartite mean?

Answer 2

Made up of three elements

Question 3

What is the Id?

Answer 3

The primitive and instinctive component of personality that is unconscious and contains all the urges and impulses

Question 4

What is the ego?

Answer 4

The conscious part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id and superego

Question 5

What is the superego ?

Answer 5

The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards and resides in the unconscious

Question 6

What are defence mechanisms?

Answer 6

Strategies used by the unconscious to protect ourselves from anxiety

Question 7

What is denial?

Answer 7

Refusing to acknowledge some aspect of reality

Question 8

What is displacement?

Answer 8

Forcing an unpleasant memory out of the conscious mind

Question 9

What is repression?

Answer 9

Transferring feelings from the true source of distress onto a substitute

Question 10

What is psychic determinism?

Answer 10

Human behaviour is controlled by the unconscious

Question 11

What do the id, ego and superego make up?

Answer 11

Tripartite personality

Question 12

Characteristics of the id..

Answer 12

-Developed at birth
-pleasure principle
-demands instant gratification
-resides in the unconscious

Question 13

Characteristics of the ego..

Answer 13

-Developed at 2 years old
-reality principles
-conflict reduced
-resides in the conscious

Question 14

Characteristics of superego..

Answer 14

-developed at 5 years old
-morality principles
-demands good morals
-resides in the unconscious

Question 15

Characteristics of superego..

Answer 15

-developed at 5 years old
-morality principles
-demands good morals
-resides in the unconscious

Question 16

What is the role of defence mechanisms?

Answer 16

Reduces anxiety

Question 17

What does fixation mean?

Answer 17

When one’s desire is tied to an object of desire connected to an earlier phase in one’s psychosexual development

Question 18

Oral stage

Answer 18

-0-1years
-pleasure centre is the mouth
-consequence of unresolved conflict :smoking, biting nails

Question 19

Anal stage

Answer 19

-1-3 years
-pleasure centre- anus
-consequence of unresolved conflict:anal retentive (perfectionist) or anal repulsive (messy)

Question 20

Phallic stage

Answer 20

-3-5 years
-pleasure centre:genital area
-consequence of unresolved conflict:narcissistic,reckless,vanity

Question 21

Latency stage

Answer 21

Earlier conflicts are repressed

Question 22

Genitals stage

Answer 22

-puberty
-sexual desires become conscious
-consequence of unresolved conflict:struggle to form heterosexual relationships

Question 23

What research method is most commonly used by Freud?

Answer 23

Case studies

Question 24

Strengths of case studies

Answer 24

Rich in detail as it is an in depth look at one individual which is rich in validity

Question 25

Weaknesses of case studies

Answer 25

Researches can be biased in their interpretations of reporting

Question 26

What does gender bias refer to?

Answer 26

Bias in research that leads to one gender being treated less favourably than the other

Question 27

What is the Oedipus complex?

Answer 27

A desire for sexual involvement with the parent of the opposite sex and a sense of rivalry with the parent of the same sex