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PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH (THE MIND (CONCIOUS, Part we are aware of and can…
PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH
ASSUMPTIONS
- All behaviour can be explained in terms of the inner conflicts of the mind
- Unconscious mind determines most of our behaviour and that we are motivated by unconscious emotional drives
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DEFENSE MECHANISM
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DISPLACEMENT
Impulse may be redirected from its original target onto a more acceptable one, e.g. being angry with your father and shouting at your little sister.
DENIAL
Existence of unpleasant internal or external realities is denied and kept out of conscious awareness, e.g. having lost your job and yet you go to work every day.
EVALUATION
The concepts of Id, ego and superego are very abstract and difficult to test experimentally so evidence is obtained from case studies
Case studies used mainly unstructured interviews so resulted in qualitative data. Interpretation of the results gathered means that it is biased on the part of the researchers as they tend to interpret the data in a way that supports their theory.
Theory is not falsifiable as if people behave in the way predicted by the theory it is viewed as support, if they don’t it is argued that they are using defence mechanisms.
The psychodynamic approach recognises the influence of social factors as it argues that we are driven by innate biological instincts, represented by the Id (nature), but the ways these instincts are expressed is shaped by our social and cultural environment (nurture).