Psychodynamic approach Flashcards
(12 cards)
Level of consciousness
Conscious which includes the thoughts feelings and actions of which the people aware of.
Precontious which includes mental activity of which people may become aware only if the attend to it closely.
Unconscious which includes mental activities of which people are unaware.
Unconsciousness stores all ideas and wishes that are concealed from conscious awareness because they need to psychological conflict
Psycho analysis
Developed the therapeutic procedure called psychoanalysisThe basic goal of psychoanalytic therapy is to bring the reproduced and conscious material to consciousness, there by helping people to live in a more self aware and integrated manner
Structure of personality
ID
Ego
Super ego
ID
It is the source of a person habitual energy it is energized by two instinctual forces called life and death force.
life force that energies the ID is called libido.
PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
Ego
It grows out of 8 and 6 to satisfy an individual essential needs in accordance with the reality.
It works by the reality principle and often discrete the IT towards the more appropriate ways of behaving the 8 is demanding unrealistic and work according to pleasure principle while the egos patient reasonable and works by the reality principle.
Super ego
The superego tells the id and the ego wheather gratification in a particular instance ethical. it helps control the ID by internalizing the paternal authority towards the process of socialization.
Ego defence mechanism
Repression
projection
denial
reaction formation
rationalization
Stages of personality development
Oral stage
Anal stage phallic stage
latency stage
genital stage
Oral
Infant
Anal
2-3
Phallic
4-5
Latency
6-13