psychodynamic

• assumptions

  1. unconscious mind is the driving force for our behaviour
  2. instincts or drives motivate behaviour
  3. early childhood experiences are pivotal in making us the person we are
• freud iceberg theory

  conscious - part of our mind which we can access

  preconscious - may surface but aren't at the forefront

  unconscious - don't easily surface
• defense mechanisms

  repression - forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious mind

  denial - refusing to acknowledge some aspect of reality

  displacement - transferring feelings from true source of distressing emotion onto substitute target
• structure of personality

  ID - selfish, irrational, pleasure seeking component of personality

  ego - the rational, realistic component of personality

  superego - the irrational, moralistic part of the personality
• psychosexual stages 


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