Psychodynamic

• unconscious= storehouse of biological drive and instinct.
• ID = unconscious, selfish and pleasure principle
• Superego= morality principle, guilt, develops at age 5
• Ego= reality principle, compromise, develops at age 2.
• What are the psychosexual stages?

  Oral,Anal,Phallic,Latency,Genetial
• Oral = over/under fed (nail biting , smoking)

  Anal = strict/liberal potty ( anal retentive/expulsive)

  Phallic = dominate mum/no dad ( narcissistic, gay?)

  Genital = problems forming heterosexual relationships
• Oedipus = boys feelings for mum. Fear castration
• Electra = penis envy, replaces want for dad for want for a baby
• What are the defence mechanisms?


  repression , denial , displacement
• Strengths of Psychodynamic approach

  Applications (Psychoanalysis)

  Explanatory ( explanation for personality, abnormal)

  Case Studies ( Little Hans , subjective)
• Weaknesses 


  Untestable ( unconscious level, can’t be tested empirically)

  Psychic Determinism ( free will= illusion)