psychodynamic approach

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unconscious mind

makes most up of our mind, storehouse for biological drives and instincts, influences behaviour and personality

contains disturbing memories that are repressed

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preconsious mind

under the conscious

includes ideas that manifest in dreams or slip of the tongue

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tripartite personality development

id, ego, superego

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id

entirely conscious and made up of selfish and aggressive instincts that demand immediate gratification, present from birth

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ego

the mediator that balances the conflicting demands of id and superego, by deploying defence mechanisms, develops age 2

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superego

moralistic part of personality, our internalised sense of right and wrong, punishes ego for doing wrong

develops age 5

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denial

someone refusing to accept reality or facts because they’re too upsetting, so the mind blocks it out

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displacement

someone shifting their feelings from the real target to a less threatening person or object

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repression

when unwanted thoughts are pushed out of consious awareness into the unconscious mind to avoid distress