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Psychodynamic Flashcards

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Assumptions?

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All behaviour has an unconscious drive.

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Features?

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Con/pre-con/uncon
Id/Ego/S.Ego
Psychosexual stages, oral/anal/phallic/latency/genital
Def. mech., denial/repression/displacement

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Research methods?

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Little Hans

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Strengths?

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IRL application= counselling

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Limitations?

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Subj
Not including bio
All theories from Freud
Untestable
Can't be falsified bc. not open to empirical testing
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Similar approaches?

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Humanism- subjective

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Different approaches?

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Bio/Behav./Cog.- obj. vs subj

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Relevant debate?

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Nurture vs nature, it is in the middle… innate drives AND childhood xp.
Free will vs determinism, psychic determinism bc. all adult behaviour is determined by childhood

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