PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH Flashcards

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TRIPARTIE PERSONALITY

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ID;
Develops at birth
Impulsive
Demands satisfaction
Ego;
Develops at 2-3 years old
Rational
Balances ID/superego in socially acceptable way
Superego;
Develops at 5-6 yrs old
Embodies right/wrong
Socially perfect
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THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND

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  • Conscious aware of thoughts
  • Subconscious needs a trigger
  • Unconscious contains deepest/darkest fantasies
  • Ego defence mechanisms- regression, displacement,projection, repression
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INFLUENCES ON CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES

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Oral stage;
-0-18 months
-If satisfied they wont need to smoke or nail bit
-Fixation is theyll become gullibe or pessemistic
Anal stage;
-1-3 years old
-If satisfied they will have fun with boundaries
-Fixation is becoming messy or too tidy
Phallic stage;
-Oedipus complex
-Electra complex
-Fixation is having problems with sexuality and relationships
Latency; 
-Puberty
Genital;
-Puberty/adolescence
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DREAM ANALYSIS-AIM

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To uncover unconscious conflicts causing mental illness allowing them to be in concious mind to be dealt with

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COMPONETS-DREAM ANALYSIS

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Dream as a wishful fulfillment;
- Primary process thought is where fanasties and things deemed stressing to ego are reprssed into our dreams
The symbolic nature of dreams;
- Manifest/latent content, this is because the true meaning of our dreams could cause stress & anxiety
Therapy sessions
- Decoding manifest to latent (reverse of dreamwork)
Dreamwork;
- Therapist will reverse the dreamwork process converting manifest back to latent
- condensation ,representation,symbolism and secondary elaboration (constructing beginning middle end)

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EFFECTIVENESS-DREAM ANALYSIES

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+Solms did a PET scan showed rational parts of brain to being inactive and id given free reign / supports freud theory of primary process thought
-Dream analysis is biais, relies on subjective interpretation/false memory syndrome
+Hopfield et al found that computer simulations act like the brain by condensing overloaded memories into smaller ones/supports freud theory of condensation

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ETHICAL ISSUES-DREAM ANALYSIS

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  • Therapist has control/they can take advantage of vulnerability and prolong sessions
  • False memories can be created/causes psychological harm
  • Emotional harm by uncovering repressed memories
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METHODOLOGY-BOWLBY

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  • Case studies of thieves/early separation
  • All emotionally disturbed/reason for referral
  • Referred by school(22),parents(10)
  • 44 thieves - 31 boys, 13 girls age 5-17
  • Stealin grade 4=1
  • IQ taken by binet scale (85-114)
  • Controls matched by age,sex & IQ
  • Mother of thieves/controls interviewed to assess children
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PROCEDURE

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  • Opportunity sampling
  • Psychologist conduct child mental test/IQ tests
  • Social worker constructs unstructured interviews to obtain child’s psychiatric history
  • Team used police & school reports
  • 6 months post research children could meet psychologist and mother to meet social worker for help
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FINDINGS-BOWLBY

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-6 personality types;normal,hyperthermic,depressed,affectionless,circular,schizoid
-Affectionless character 14/ other 30 had other types
-34 maternal separation
-5 had fathers who hated them
control ;
-2 separated
-Many had fathers who hated them
-Betty I placed into foster care at 7 months
-Derek B hospitalised at 18 months

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CONCLUSIONS-BOWLBY

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  • Juvenile delinquency involves factors like poverty/ lack of recreational facilities
  • Treatment is slow/difficult early diagnosis is better
  • Prolonged separation can be due to mother’s death/ill or social circumstances
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CONCLUSIONS

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  • Juvenile delinquency involves factors like poverty/ lack of recreational facilities
  • Treatment is slow/difficult early diagnosis is better
  • Prolonged separation can be due to mother’s death/ill or social circumstances
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EVALUATION-METHODOLOGY & PROCEDURE

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Pros
-Extensive interviews
-Can generalise findings
Cons
-Early separation not variable manipulated
-Bias only bowlby viewed results so lacks inter rater validity

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EVALUATION-FINDINGS & CONCLUSIONS

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  • Rutter et al studied 111 Romanian orphans adopted before 2 years and found that the sooner the children were adopted, the faster their developmental progress
  • Spitz (1945) provided evidence that children raised in poor South American orphanages suffered from depression and apathy, while Spitz & Wolf (1946) claimed to show that recovery from early deprivation was rare.
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ETHICAL ISSUES-BOWLBY

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+Waited 5 years after study so individuals involved know what the study was about and could provide valid consent
-Bowlby published forename and initials of participants

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