psychodynamic

• who founded psychodynamic psychology


  sigmund freud
• what is psychic determinism?


  The idea that all behaviour has a reason and that there’s no free wi’ll. Behaviour is motivated by instinct drives
• what is the id?


  The primitive instinctive component of personality
• what is the ego


  Mediate the unrealistic and the real world
• what is the super ego?


  Society values and morals
• What happens when unconscious conflicts between the super ego can be resolved by the ego?


  Anxiety
• What are defence mechanisms?


  Psychological strategies used to protect oneself from anxiety or distress.
• what is the order of the psychosexual stages of development?


  Oral

  Anal

  Phallic

  Latent

  Genital
• what is the mind made up of?

  The conscious -current thought

  The pre-conscious -what you should do

  The unconscious -repressed beliefs and experiences
• what is the oral stage?


  Age 0-1

  Pleasure zone=mouth
• what is the anal stage?


  Ages 1-3

  Pleasure zone= bottom
• what is the phallic stage?


  age 3-5

  Pleasure zone= genitals

  Oedipus and Electracomplex
• what is the latest stage?

  Age 5- puberty

  No pleasure zone focused on hobbies
• what is the genital phase?


  puberty on

  Pleasure zone = genital
• What are some examples of defence mechanisms?


  repression

  Displacement

  Regression
• what is Eros?


  The sex drive and life instinct
• what is Thanatos?


  The aggressive drive and death instinct
• when does the id develop?


  At birth
• when does the id develop?


  At birthAt birth
• when does the ego develop?


  Between 18 months and three years
• when does the super ego develop?


  between three and six years
• what type of principle is the id?


  Pleasure principle
• what type of principle is the ego?


  Reality principle
• what nationality was Freud?


  Austrian
• what was the case study of Wolfman?


  Freud traced all of Wolfman’s problems back to childhood neurosis by focusing on a Wolfmans dream that he was lying in bed in front of which was a window looking out onto a walnut tree he woke up terrified and screaming. according to freud the symbol of the represented father and suggested illness of the wolves was a representation of violent motion when Wolfman witnessed his parents having sexual intercourse
• What is the Little Hans case study about?

  It is a psychological case study of a boy's fear of horses.
• Why did Little Hans refuse to go into the street?

  He had a fear of horses.
• What conclusion did the father of Little Hans come to regarding his son's fear of horses?

  The fear was an ego defense mechanism displacing fear from his father.
• What unconscious wish did Little Hans have regarding his father?

  He wished that his father would go away.
• Why did Little Hans regard his father as a competitor?

  He saw his father as a competitor for his mother’s love.
• What feelings did Little Hans have towards his mother?

  His feelings were foreshadowings of his sexual wishes for her.
• What psychological complex was Little Hans experiencing?

  He was experiencing the Oedipus complex.
• How did Little Hans displace his feelings of anger towards his father?

  He displaced them onto a horse.
• what is the oedipus complex?


  Psychoanalytic theory concept involving a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and rivalry with the same-sex parent.

  occurs during the phallic stage
• what is the electra complex?


  A younger believes that she has already been castrated, she blames her mother and experiences penis envy