negatives

• The psychodynamic approach lacks scientific support because Freud's ideas were based on his own experiences with patients rather than systematic observation or experimentation.
• Freud did not conduct experiments to test the validity of his theories, which means that they cannot be tested through controlled studies.
• Psychodynamic theory is not supported by research as it has been criticised for being unscientific, lacking empirical evidence.
• Little hans

  • case study= idiographic= not generalisable
  • results may be biased cos info came from hans' father
  • no cause and effect can be established
• it is psychically reductionist
• lots of freud's research only focused on males- beta bias
• socially sensitive- says female homosexuality was due to an absent father
• based on subjective interpretations so theyre biased and unreliable
• unfalsifiable due to focus on unconscious mind
• psychoanalysis is expensive and time consuming and also may cause pts distress
• focuses on patients past not current suffering
• deterministic and ignores the role of free will