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Psychodynamic Approach (Key terms (Psychodynamic (Includes all theories…

- - - - Pleasures from the mouth - chewing, biting, eating, swallowing. Breast feeding and weaning to solid food. Getting too much could lead to overindulgence - fixated in oral stage leading to personality traits of being needy, optimistic gullible. Getting too little could lead to fixation on oral stage frustration resulting in personality traits such as being pessimistic, jealous, smokes and bite nails
    - - key events are potty training. pleasure from anus - withholding, expelling, playing with faeces. Too much could lead to fixation on anal stage overindulgence/anal expulsion which leads to adult traits like being messy and untidy. Too little can lead to fixation frustration/anal retention which causes adult personality to be overly tidy
    - - origin of libido and focus of pleasure is the genitals - masturbation Oedipus (happens in males)/ Electra (happens in females)- if it isn't removed this can lead to fixation = narcissistic and self absorbed - difficult to build relationship with others.key events that would affect this is Oedipus complex leads to development of a superego(conscience and a sense of right and wrong. As well as our own identity e.g. gender identity)
    - - No fixation and no pleasure focus.this is a quiet phase where little/ to non sexual desires .Inquiring knowledge about the world - school
    - - Explore sexual relationship with other people .Genitals - heterosexual intercourse .If passes all stages before without being fixated (stuck) on one of them then there would be a well-adjusted adult - able to build stable relationship with opposite sex