In the article‚ “Shades of Grief”‚ written by Virginia Hughes‚ the author discusses two new changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 concerning traumatic prolonged grief. Complicated Grief Disorder is a new disorder added to the DSM 5. The author elucidates that this diagnosis is for someone that does not fit into other categories such as depression or PTSD. It looks at the symptoms of grief that last longer than 6 months. Hughes writes that recently‚ several research
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categorized the main perspectives into seven groups. Three of these popular perspectives are the psychodynamic‚ behavioral‚ and humanistic perspectives. All of the modern psychological perspectives have evidence to support the theories. Psychodynamic The psychodynamic perspective states that our behavior is based on our unconscious feelings and emotions. According to Schwarz’s presentation the psychodynamic perspective is divided into three categories. These three categories are knowns as the Id‚ Ego
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Grief and the grieving process Grief is a normal yet complex phenomenon‚ which has been broadly explained through the Descriptive and Process theories. The former depict the phenomenology of the grief process in a basic and descriptive way‚ but lack an explanation as to why or how grief responses occur. The latter‚ provides a model for the psychological mechanisms underlying grief and investigates the purposes behind these mechanisms (Barbato & Irwin‚ 1992). This paper refers mostly to Bowlby’s
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Loss and Grief is a very common topic that many people deal with at some point in their lives. Grief is one of those topics that is touchy and sometimes overlooked‚ but has to be dealt with in order for it to go away. One of the more difficult types of grief there is to deal with is Disenfranchised Grief. Disenfranchised Grief has to do with grief that is misunderstood or undervalued by others in society which as a result makes it harder for the grievers who are facing it to express or even address
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Grief and bereavement are different for each individual‚ that is no two people will experience a loss in the same way. A loss is the absence of something we deem meaningful. Over the years there have been many different theories of grief‚ but it is not a ‘one size fits all’ approach. The aim of this paper is to compare two grief models‚ namely Dr Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ Five Stages of Grief and Dr William Worden’s Tasks of Mourning including the Seven Mediators of Mourning. After comparing the
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In our reading for this week‚ we learned about two different terms: complicated grief and disenfranchised grief. The former can be defined as a constant state of grieving that keeps you from healing and moving on‚ while the latter is grieving a loss that is not supported or recognized through social practices or observances. An example of complicated grief could be someone who is experiencing survivor’s guilt after being in a plane crash with their friend who was killed‚ but they survived. They may
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Describe and discuss at least two features of the psychodynamic approach. One of the main assumptions of the psychodynamic approach to psychology is that the personality consists of three separate divisions; the id‚ the ego and the superego. The id represents all of your selfish needs and wishes‚ and your desire to have them satisfied immediately. The superego is your morality‚ the part of your brain which conflicts with the id‚ for example if your id tells you that you need a new X-Box game
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Psychodynamic Theories of Personality As you have previously learned‚ psychology is comprised of several theoretical orientations and subfields. With respect to the psychodynamic theoretical orientation‚ I would like you to briefly describe how someone from the psychodynamic perspective understands and explains personality development and the structure of the personality. I look forward to your thoughts. Sigmund Freud initially developed the Psychodynamic perspective of personality. It was the
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Psychodynamic Theory Part 1: Psychodynamic theory is a view that explains personality in the terms of unconscious and conscious forces‚ such as beliefs and unconscious desires. Sigmund Freud in the early 20th century proposed a psychodynamic theory according to which personality consists of the ID. The ID is responsible for instincts and pleasure-seeking. He also proposed the idea of the superego which attempts to obey the rules of society and parents. The superego is split into two parts‚ conscience
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modern psychological perspectives. These perspectives are behavioral‚ psychodynamic‚ humanistic‚ cognitive‚ sociocultural‚ and biological. Each perspective has its own unique way of explaining the human behavior. I believe to truly explain the complex mental processes and behavior‚ each perspective must be examined‚ not limited to just one. The following is my explanation and comparisons between two of these perspectives: psychodynamic and behavioral. "The behavioral view is defined as the psychological
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