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    The Psychodynamic Approach Key Assumptions: * Assumes that a large part of out mental life operates at an unconscious level * It is assumed that unconscious sexual and aggressive instincts drive behaviour * The personality is made up of the id‚ the ego and the superego‚ which are in constant conflict * Defence mechanisms protect individuals from anxiety producing thoughts * It is assumed that early childhood experiences are important to understanding current behaviour

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    Outline & evaluate the psychodynamic approach (12) The psychodynamic approach states that abnormality is caused by our libido (sexual desires) and our thantos (aggressive desires)‚ these are our id desires. The id is an irrational part of our personality and demands satisfaction and is ruled by the pleasure principle. The ego is a conscious part of the personality‚ as a child interacts with the world and the constraints of reality. It is therefore governed by the reality principle. The superego

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    Stage 1 Psychology Investigation - Aggression 975643X (Maddi Sellick) Proposal Our investigation focuses on violence in the media and the affects that it has on viewers that watch it‚ a person’s heart rate can be monitored to see if watching certain films will affect the viewers. We predict that violence in the media does not affect an audience. To support the hypothesis we will conduct an experiment using a sample group of Yr.11 students which attend Westminster school. Three different

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    Evaluate Freud’s psychodynamic theory. The godfather of psychology….as he has often been termed. Perhaps he was in his time. Sigmund Freud. Born in Freiberg‚ Morovia‚ to a poor family in the year 1856. His mother was 21 at the time of his birth‚ his father was 20 years her senior. Attitudes towards sex and women were very different at this time. Sex was very much taboo‚ women were treated as second class and children had no rights. Extreme double standards were normal‚ rich men would happily

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    EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATIONS Animal Aggression Lorenz- aggressive behaviour in animals have the following functions: • Selection of the fittest for survival • Aggression will protect the young animals for survival • Distribution of animal territories What are the criticisms of Lorenz? Human Aggression Benign Aggression and Malignant Aggression Nelson: the 3 basic factors affecting human aggression • Process of Learning: Social Learning theory-observation/imitation‚ Learning strategies

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    Psychodynamic Sigmund Freud developed Psychodynamic theory which gave a detailed description of the levels of awareness preconscious‚ conscious and unconscious in simple terms what is going on in the mind of an individual or to get in the head of an individual to see what is going on in the unconscious part of the mind. Psychodynamic theory gave insight on how the feelings and thoughts of individuals can affect the actions that they take on a daily basis. Today‚ this theory is efficaciously used

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    Aggressive acts are a common occurrence in today’s society. There is war across the globe‚ bombings in public locations‚ street violence‚ and even personal acts of aggression. In a rather public act of aggression that occurred recently‚ the United States military dropped a bomb on an important ISIS location‚ but not just any bomb‚ the “Mother of All Bombs” (MOAB). The MOAB is the largest‚ non-nuclear device that has ever been deployed in combat. It was a massive 21‚600 pound bomb‚ which is equivalent

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    stated that social context was critical to personality development and that we acquire behaviours through influence by observing others. This learning theory of modeling showed that children can learn to produce aggressive responses if deemed socially acceptable in their environment. But is there an underlying genetic basis for violence and aggression? In some very real sense violence is embodied in the human genetic/evolutionary legacy due to its recurrent manifestation in our species and our history

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    The psychodynamic approach was first introduced by Sigmund Freud‚ considered to be the "father" of psychology. This approach describes development as primarily unconscious (beyond awareness) and as heavily influenced by emotion. Psychoanalytic theorists believe that behaviour is merely a surface characteristic and that to truly understand development‚ we have to analyze the symbolic meanings of behaviour and the deep inner workings of the mind. Sigmund Freud Freud (1856-1939)‚ a medical doctor by

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    members as a solution to their problems. Individuals are all different and react to life’s hurdles in an assortment of ways. Only some people react to strain through delinquency (Agnew‚ Brezina‚ Wright‚ & Cullen‚ 2002‚ p. 44). Agnew’s general strain theory speculates on why certain people react to strain with delinquency while others are able to avoid the same outcome. Strain fosters negative emotions and can lower constraint on an individual (p. 47)‚ which can be increasingly influenced when positive

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