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2022-2024 Year 13 A-Level Psychology - The Approaches: The Psychodynamic Approach Part 3

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This deck covers key concepts of the psychodynamic approach in psychology, focusing on developmental stages, fixation outcomes, and criticisms of the approach.

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1-3 years
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Term
Definition
The Anal stage occurs when?
1-3 years

At 1-3 years, what stage is a child in?

Anal stage

In the anal stage, how does the ID gain gratification?
Anus - expulsion or withholding of faeces
Fixation in the anal stage results in?
Anal retentive personality (perfectionist) OR Anal Expulsive personality (messy)
Phallic stage occurs when?
3-5 years
At 3-5 years, which stage is a child in?
Phallic
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2022-2024 Year 13 A-Level Psychology - The Approaches: The Psychodynamic Approach Part 3
TermDefinition
The Anal stage occurs when?
1-3 years

At 1-3 years, what stage is a child in?

Anal stage

In the anal stage, how does the ID gain gratification?
Anus - expulsion or withholding of faeces
Fixation in the anal stage results in?
Anal retentive personality (perfectionist) OR Anal Expulsive personality (messy)
Phallic stage occurs when?
3-5 years
At 3-5 years, which stage is a child in?
Phallic
In the phallic stage, how is gratification for the ID gained?
Exploring own genitals
Fixation in the phallic stage can result in?
Phallic personality - narcissistic, reckless, problems with authority
The Oedipus complex occurs in which stage?
Phallic
What complex occurs in the Phallic stage?
Oedipus
Latency stage occurs when?
6-12 years
At 6-12 years a child is in the?
Latency stage
In the latency stage, what is occuring?
Earlier conflicts are repressed
Where are earlier conflicts being repressed in the latency stage?
The unconscious mind
Genital stage occurs when?
12 years
At 12 years, a child is in which stage?
Genital
How does the Id gain gratification in the genital stage?
Sexual desires becoming present
If a child is fixated in the genital stage, this can lead to?
Difficulty forming heterosexual relationships
AO3: does the psychodynamic approach believe in free will or determinism?
Determinism
AO3: which type of determinism can the psychodynamic approach be criticised for?
Psychic
AO3: psychodynamic approach has lead to practical applications - what is the name of it
Psychoanalysis to help anxiety
AO3: Freud's work on the psychodynamic approach was based on a case study - what is the problem?
Low population validity
AO3: some concepts like the structure of personality cannot be falsified or empirically tested, what is the issue?
Lacks scientific methods
The name of the Psychologist who created the Psychodynamic Approach?
Sigmund Freud