Psychodynamic Perspectives

Perspectives In the case of Damon, I choice the Biological, Psychodynamic and Sociocultural Approach to try and explain his behavior. I will describe these approaches and relate them to Damon’s case. I will start with psychodynamic approach. The psychodynamic approach tries to understand what is going on inside of someone. They try to see what is going on in the unconscious part of that persons mind. It looks at a person’s childhood experiences and how it significantly affects emotions and behavior as adults. How various conflicts during childhood developments and shapes overall personality. Practitioners of this approach believe that sexual and aggressive impulses buried deep within their unconscious mind influence the way people think,
Because of his pressures and cultural influences at the bar, Damon gets into conflicts with his girlfriend. All these issues that Damon faces also causes his run-ins with the law. Since bars are notorious for fights and overall a place with poorly behaved people, thus is the main cause for Damon’s behavior issues. The biological perspective assumes that human behavior and thought processes have a biological basis. It focuses on the body and especially the brain and nervous system. Biology include investigation into biochemistry of behavior associated with hormones, genetics and heritability. The biological perspective relies on scientific methods. Because of this, its scope of investigation is limited to variables that can be controlled. In the case of Damon, psychologist would argue that his behavior could be a genic disorder inherited from his father. Since Damon’s father was abusive to his wife, therefore Damon shows the same actions and behavior. Damon acquired his father’s DNA at birth this caused him to grow up and be abusive to his wife. His hormones also could very well explain his behavior and the abuse. This behavior will be also likely to be passed down to Damon’s