Psychodynamic Approach
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Key assumptions
The unconscious mind has important influence on behaviour
What does the Tripartite structure of personality include
ID, EGO, SUPEREGO
What is the ID
The unconscious. Aggressive and selfish tendencies that act on the pleasure principle
What is the EGO
The reality principle that balances the SUPEREGO and ID
What is the SUPEREGO
The morality principle: represents the ideal self
What are the defence mechanisms
Repression, denial, displacement
How to test the unconscious
Free Association, dream analysis and projection (Rorschach test)
Give the 5 psychosexual stages
Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latent, Genital
Which part of the psychosexual stage does superego develop
phallic (age 3-6)
age for oral stage
0-1a
age for anal stage
1-3
age for latent phase
7-13
age for genital stage
puberty- death
what does unresolved oral conflict lead to
oral fixation eg biting nails
what does unresolved anal conflict lead to
anal retentive eg controlling
anal expulsive eg disorganised
what does unresolved phallic conflict lead to
oedipus or electra complex
what does unresolved genital conflict lead to
difficulty forming heterosexual relationships
overview of the oedipus complex
boys develop incestuous feelings towards their mother and a hatred towards their father. they fear their father will castrate them.
overview of electra complex
girls want to possess their father and compete with their mother. girls develop ‘penis envy’ and resent their mother for not birthing a boy.
#1 positive
real world application; psychoanalysis treats mild neuroses
#1 negative
untestable concepts- unfalsifiable
#2 negative
significant gender bias
#3 negative
case study has small sample and lacks generalisability
describe little hans’ case study
Little Hans was a 5yr old boy
He developed a fear of horses after seeing one collapse in the street
Freud suggested this phobia was displacement; his repressed fear of his father transferred to horses
Horse was symbolic of castration anxiety