Psychodynamic approach

• List psychosexual stages in order

  Oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital
• Describe each psychosexual stage

  oral (0–1yr) – focus of pleasure is the mouth and the mother’s breast is the focus of desire

  anal (1–3yrs) – focus of pleasure is the anus and child focuses on withholding and expelling faeces

  phallic (3–5yrs) – focus of pleasure is genitals and children experience the Oedipus/Electra complex

  latency (6–12yrs) – previous conflicts are resolved/repressed and early years are largely forgotten

  genital (12yrs/puberty-adulthood) – sexual desires become conscious with the onset of puberty

  there is an unconscious conflict at each stage which must be resolved before the next stage is reached.
• Which part is Id in?

  Unconscious mind
• What principle is id based in?

  Pleasure
• When does ego develop?

  around age of 2 years
• The ego is the mediator between the Id and the Superego
• What principle is ego based in?

  Reality
• What is the role of defense mechanisms?

  Help the ego manage the conflict between the id and the superego Provide compromise solutions usually unconscious to deal with Unresolvable conflict provide a strategy to reduce anxiety which weakens the ego’s influence
• Defence mechanisms and descriptions

  Repression- forgetting an unpleasant memory or the strong emotion associated with it

  Denial- refusal to admit un unpleasant fact

  Displacement- shifting an emotion directed at one person towards another person