Psychodynamic approach: the basics
Rian Hood : HNC CAP (C)
Outcome 2: Therapeutic relationships: understand behaviour
They are many theories in psychology that can be used to “understand” behaviour, two theories I am going to look at are; Psychodynamic approach and the humanistic approach. I will discuss these 2 psychological theories of development and explain how it accounts for the psychological development, health and behaviour of the individual.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was considered the founding father of the psychodynamic approach. Psychodynamic theory is a view that explains personality in terms of conscious and unconscious forces, such as unconscious desires and beliefs, Sigmund Freud proposed a psychodynamic theory according to which personality consists of the id, the superego and the ego (Chegg. (2003). Definition of Psychodynamic Theory. Available: http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/definitions/psychodynamic-theory-13. Last accessed 13th Nov 2013.) Psychodynamic psychologists see behaviour as the result of a compromise between three parts of the psyche (personality). Each person has biological drives (eating, drinking, sex, aggression) from their id. These need to be satisfied but this is prevented by the superego, the moral part of the psyche, which uses anxiety and guilt to prevent us from acting on the id’s impulses. Between the two is the ego, which tries to find ways of satisfying the id in a way that the superego will accept and that is in line with reality. This often involves the use of defence mechanisms which convert unconscious impulses into more acceptable forms. For example, with displacement an impulse may be redirected away from its original target onto a more acceptable one (e.g. being angry with your mother but taking it out on your friend) and with sublimation an unacceptable urge (e.g. to masturbate publicly) might be converted into a more acceptable behaviour (e.g. playing guitar in a rock band). (Aidan Sammons . (2007). Psychodynamic approach: the basics.
Outcome 2: Therapeutic relationships: understand behaviour
They are many theories in psychology that can be used to “understand” behaviour, two theories I am going to look at are; Psychodynamic approach and the humanistic approach. I will discuss these 2 psychological theories of development and explain how it accounts for the psychological development, health and behaviour of the individual.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was considered the founding father of the psychodynamic approach. Psychodynamic theory is a view that explains personality in terms of conscious and unconscious forces, such as unconscious desires and beliefs, Sigmund Freud proposed a psychodynamic theory according to which personality consists of the id, the superego and the ego (Chegg. (2003). Definition of Psychodynamic Theory. Available: http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/definitions/psychodynamic-theory-13. Last accessed 13th Nov 2013.) Psychodynamic psychologists see behaviour as the result of a compromise between three parts of the psyche (personality). Each person has biological drives (eating, drinking, sex, aggression) from their id. These need to be satisfied but this is prevented by the superego, the moral part of the psyche, which uses anxiety and guilt to prevent us from acting on the id’s impulses. Between the two is the ego, which tries to find ways of satisfying the id in a way that the superego will accept and that is in line with reality. This often involves the use of defence mechanisms which convert unconscious impulses into more acceptable forms. For example, with displacement an impulse may be redirected away from its original target onto a more acceptable one (e.g. being angry with your mother but taking it out on your friend) and with sublimation an unacceptable urge (e.g. to masturbate publicly) might be converted into a more acceptable behaviour (e.g. playing guitar in a rock band). (Aidan Sammons . (2007). Psychodynamic approach: the basics.