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What is it?

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Behaviour determined by unconscious forces that we cannot control

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Components to it

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Role of unconscious
Structure of personality
Psychosexual stages

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Evaluation

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Explanatory power
Case study method
Untestable concepts
Practical application in psychoanalysis
Psychic determinism denies our free will
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Role of the unconscious

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Conscious mind ‘tip of the iceberg’

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Structure of the personality

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id, ego, superego

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Psychosexual stages

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Five stages, different conflict a each stage

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Id

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Entirely unconscious, made up of selfish aggressive instincts that demand immediate gratification. Therefore operates on the pleasure principle, found in babies.

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Ego

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‘Reality check’ that balances conflicting demands of Id and superego. Works on reality principle and has a number of defence mechanisms.

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Superego

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Moralistic part of our personality which represents the ideal self. This is formed at end of the phallic stage at age 5.

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Stage 1 of psychosexual stages

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Oral 0-1 years. Focus of pleasure on the mouth and mothers breast is object of desire. If not resolved can lead to smoking, sarcasm and being critical.

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Stage 2 of psychosexual stages

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Anal 1-3 years. Focus of pleasure is anus. Child gains pleasure from withholding and expelling faeces.

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Stage 3 of psychosexual stages

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Phallic 3-5 years. Focus of pleasure is genital area. Child experiences Oedipus or electra complex. Phallic personality: narcissistic, reckless, possibly homosexual

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Latency stage

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Earlier conflicts repressed

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Genital stage (last stage)

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Sexual desires become conscious alongside onset of puberty. Can lead to difficulty forming heterosexual relationships.