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2022-2024 Year 13 A-Level Psychology - The Approaches: The Psychodynamic Approach Part 2
This deck covers key concepts of the psychodynamic approach, focusing on personality development, defense mechanisms, and psychosexual stages.
18 months - 3 years is where which part of personality forms?
EGO
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Term
Definition
18 months - 3 years is where which part of personality forms?
EGO
What is the job of the EGO?
To balance demands of ID & SUPEREGO
How does the EGO reduce conflict between the ID & SUPEREGO?
Defence Mechanisms
When does the SUPEREGO form?
3-6 years
3-6 years is when the what part of personality forms?
SUPEREGO
How does the superego form?
Through identifying with same-sex parent
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
18 months - 3 years is where which part of personality forms? | EGO |
What is the job of the EGO? | To balance demands of ID & SUPEREGO |
How does the EGO reduce conflict between the ID & SUPEREGO? | Defence Mechanisms |
When does the SUPEREGO form? | 3-6 years |
3-6 years is when the what part of personality forms? | SUPEREGO |
How does the superego form? | Through identifying with same-sex parent |
What is the superego? | Our sense of right/wrong |
If the superego is overpowering, what kind of personality can this lead to? | Anxious/guilty |
An anxious/guilty personality can be formed from? | An overpowering superego |
Which part of personality uses defence mechanisms | Ego |
Why does the EGO use defence mechanisms? | To reduce conflict of ID & superego |
Are defence mechanisms used consciously or unconsciously? | Unconsciously |
Are defence mechanisms meant to be a long-term solution or short-term solution to conflict? | SHORT-TERM |
What can defence mechanisms do to a person? | Distort reality |
Name the 3 defence mechanisms | REPRESSION/DENIAL/DISPLACEMENT |
REPRESSION/DENIAL/DISPLACEMENT are forms of? | Defence Mechanisms |
The ID/EGO/SUPEREGO make up? | The structure of personality |
The conscious/preconscious/unconscious make up? | The unconscious mind |
Forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious to the unconscious is? | Repression |
Repression is | Forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious to the unconscious |
Refusing to acknowledge an unpleasant aspect of reality is? | Denial |
Denial is | Refusing to acknowledge an unpleasant aspect of reality |
Transferring feelings from the true source of distressing emotion onto a less threatening substitute target is? | Displacement |
Displacement is | Transferring feelings from the true source of distressing emotion onto a less threatening substitute target |
How many Psychosexual stages are there? | 5 |
The psychosexual stages explain how which part of personality gets gratification? | ID |
What must a child do in each psychosexual stage? | Resolve conflict |
If a child does not resolve conflict in a psychosexual stage is leads to | fixation |
Fixation is where | A child has not resolved conflict in a psychosexual stage |
Name the Psychosexual stages in order | Oral/Anal/Phallic/Latency/Genital |
Oral stage occurs when? | 0-1 years |
0-1 years is where which stage occurs? | Oral |
In the oral stage, how does the ID get gratification | Mouth - dummies, thumb sucking & mother's breast |
If fixated in oral stage, this leads to? | Oral fixation - nail biting, smoking, sarcasm |
Oral fixation - nail biting, smoking, sarcasm occurs when? | Fixation in the oral stage |