Psychodynamic Theory: Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality To Freud‚ the mind was a mechanistic energy system that derived mental energy from the physical functioning of the body and constantly attempted to moderate this physical effort or tension by restoring it to a quiet steady (quiescent) state. This energy is not evenly distributed to all human purpose or functioning‚ and if blocked from expression will manifest itself as anxiety‚ which through cathartic release‚ prescribes a least resistant
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There are several theories and processes that can be applied to this situation to analyze why things happened the way that they did. The first theory that can be applied to this situation could be the Psychodynamic Theory. According to Freud‚ the “psychodynamic theory states that people experience conflict because of the tension arising from their intrapersonal (internal‚ psychological‚ emotional‚ and mental) states” (Cahn & Abigail‚ 2014‚ p. 57). I would argue that there are two misplaced conflicts
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deemed complete on its own‚ competing models have since developed to strive for the comprehensive means for treatment. For example‚ the biological model and the psychodynamic model take very different approaches on understanding thoughts and emotions. All models are unique and similar to each other‚ but the biological model and psychodynamic model seem to be the most extreme when compared to each other. The biological model takes on more of a medical perspective‚ which is somewhat self-explanatory
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Chapter 10 involves learning about personalities; psychodynamic‚ humanistic‚ trait‚ personological and life story‚ social cognitive‚ and biological perspectives. Personality is a pattern of enduring‚ distinctive thoughts‚ emotions‚ and behaviors that characterize the way an individual adapts to the world. Psychodynamic perspectives on personality emphasize that personality is primarily unconscious. The structures of personality are id‚ ego‚ and superego. The id consists of unconscious drives and
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THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING A. ENVIRONMENTAL THEORY “I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.” Florence Nightingale (1860) Florence Nightingale defined Nursing as “the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery” (1860/1969)‚ that it involves the nurse’s initiative to configure environmental settings appropriate for the gradual restoration of the patient’s health‚ and that
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1.0 Theoretical Framework and Hypothesis 1.1 Defining the variables In the project there will have 2 independent variables and 1 dependent variable. Independent variable represents the inputs or causes and dependent represent the outputs or effects. The independent variables that we have chosen are product quality and price. The product quality is the standard of the food that is acceptable to the consumer. We will measure the product quality based on the appearance of the food‚ texture‚ and
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As described in Cummin’s Theoretical Framework; wherein students are either “empowered” or “disabled” due to direct interaction with the educators of the school‚ this study affirms that students are likely to be “empowered” if the teacher uses a medium of language that the students are comfortable with‚ as stated by the informants: … I’m comfortable with it and at the same time I’m also satisfied with it or the way how they discuss by translating what they’ve said. I’m pretty much comfortable with
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Each perspective has their own strengths and weaknesses. Where the Psychodynamic approach comes under scrutiny for many reasons‚ suggesting that Freud’s ideas were extremely far fetched‚ the theory does allow us to realise that childhood is in fact a vital period of our life. However based on so little evidence‚ it seems impossible
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Appendix A: Matrix of Theoretical Models Jennabelle Jo Andrews-Alexander |Theoretical Model |Description of Theoretical Model |Type of health care change situation where | | | |model best applies | |EXPECTANCY THEORY |Expectancy Theory suggests that for any |This theory works when a health care | |
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Sociology Mon-Wed. 4:55-6:20 Three Major Theoretical Traditions The question that I hear the most with being a sociology major is “what is sociology?” sociology is the systematic study of the relationship between the individual and society and the consequnces of differences (Witt). Sociologists study the interrelationships between individuals‚ organizations‚ cultures and societies". Ritzier ("Sociology"‚ 1979). With that are three main theoretical traditions that operate within sociology‚ there
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