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Defence mechanisms defintion

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  • psychological strategies that are unconsciously used to protect a person from anxiety
  • arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.
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Defence mechanisms list

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  • Repression
  • Denial
  • Projection
  • Displacement
  • Regression
  • Sublimation
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Psychodynamic approach and science

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  • no original scientific experimentation by Freud but later studies have used such methodologies like Adams et al who looked into homophobia
  • case studies used a lot by Freud to base psychodynamic concepts on which aren’t scientific or generalisable
  • as they require subjective interpretation and biased samples and collect ambiguous qualitative data
  • concepts aren’t scientifically or objectively measurable
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Psychoanalysis

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-term used to describe personality theory and theory associated with sigmund Freud

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Psychodynamic

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  • refers to any theory that emphasises change and development in individual
  • particularly those theories where ‘drive’ is a central concept in development
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Unconscious

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  • part of human mind that contains repressed ideas and memories
  • as well as primitive desires and impulses that have never been allowed to enter the conscious mind