Running head: Humanistic‚ Psychodynamic and Structuralism James Price AIU PSY206 06 February‚ 2009 Humanistic‚ Psychodynamic and Structuralism I am going to discuss Humanistic theory‚ Psychodynamic theory and Structuralism. I will attempt to compare and contrast these three theories. The humanistic theory was headed by two psychologists‚ Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers (Humanistic Theory‚ 2002). Their goal was to understand the personality and to improve the overall happiness of their patients
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personality is the pattern of enduring characteristics that produce the consistency and individuality in a given person” (335). There are many different approaches to personality. Two of the approaches to personality are the psychodynamic approach and the behavioral approach. The psychodynamic approach to personality is the “approach that assumes that personality is motivated by inner
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Introduction. This Presentation will look at the psychodynamic approach to counselling‚ focusing on how problems arise and continue. Then how therapy seeks to resolve these problems. We will look at conflict between ID and superego and unresolved childhood problems. Then we will look at defence mechanisms. From there we look at how therapy brings the unconscious into the conscious to resolve conflicts. Slide 2. In psychodynamic theory‚ there is the structure of the personality‚ which consist of three
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Sigmund Freud developed Psychodynamic theory which gave a detailed description of the levels of awareness (conscious‚ preconscious and unconscious) and explained how the thoughts and feelings of an individual can affect his or her actions. Today‚ this theory is successfully used in modern psychology. Many psychotherapists use psychodynamic psychotherapy which helps the patients to understand their feelings. Psychodynamic psychology treats depression‚ a widespread illness in our modern society which
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Psychodynamic Theories Many psychologists have proposed theories that try to explain the origins of personality. One highly influential set of theories stems from the work of Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud‚ who first proposed the theory of psychoanalysis. Collectively‚ these theories are known as psychodynamic theories. Although many different psychodynamic theories exist‚ they all emphasize unconscious motives and desires‚ as well as the importance of childhood experiences in shaping personality
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Article: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Cancer Patients First‚ the author recommends that the psychotherapist who treats cancer patients be familiar with the following: 1) the natural course and treatment of the illness‚ 2) a flexible approach in accord with the medical status of the patient‚ 3) a common sense approach to defenses‚ 4) a concern with quality-of-life issues‚ and 5) counter- transference issues as they relate to the treatment of very sick patients (Pospone‚ 1998). The model of psychodynamic
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assumptions of the psychodynamic approach. [4] Outline two assumptions of the biological approach. [4] Outline two assumptions of the cognitive approach. [4] Outline two assumptions of the behaviourist approach. [4] Question 1b – Theory:- B) Describe Freud’s theory of personality development. [8] Describe Selye’s GAS Model. [8] Describe the Attribution Theory. [8] Describe the Social Theory of Aggression. [8] Question 2 – Therapy:- Describe how the psychodynamic approach has been
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order to make sense of them. After going through those feelings the mind becomes conscious as everything starts to make sense for Irene and that sense this theory has been very helpful for Irene (Lin Travis 2013). One of the weaknesses of the Psychodynamic Approach is that it is not scientifically proven as according to Freud the personality is made of three parts and so scientists are yet to see proof of that theory. This counselling approach is quite limited as it only concentrates on the past
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Did you know that famous people napped? If you don’t get enough sleep you will get into sleep debt. According to sources #1‚ one effect of sleep debt is that people have trouble remembering things. Most people are in sleep debt. Although there are claims that a person cannot offset the effects of sleep debt‚ they are untrue. The first reason naps are generally shipshape for people is they help people know what they are doing. Source 1 discusses how naps give a brief increase in people’s brain
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The Psychodynamic Approach was developed by Sigmund Freud in the 1900. Freud main assumption is our behaviour is influenced by our unconscious mind and we are unaware of this‚ therefore Freud argued that we should focus on the unconscious mind rather than the conscious. Freud suggested that personality was split into three parts; the id‚ ego and superego. Freud suggested to have a healthy personality there had to be a balance between this three parts. Freud also suggested that childhood experiences
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