(Saul McLeod‚ 2008/2014) Anxiolytic drugs such as benzodiazepines are commonly used in the treatment of somebody with depression or bipolar as they increase activity in the neurotransmitter. (A2-Level Psychology‚ 2009) On the other hand‚ the psychodynamic approach examines the causes of psychological disorders‚ and believe that they are due to anxiety‚ conflict and negative childhood experiences. Treatments for this approach differ from the biological perspective as they aim to reveal unconscious
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introduced to their unknown environment through their parent. In attempting to understand the parent child relationship‚ theorists have taken different approaches. The psychodynamic approach to parent-child bonding is based on the work of Mahler‚ the Biological-Ethological Theories of Bowlby and Ainsworth‚ and Harlow’s Learning Theories. Margaret Mahler‚ a Hungarian physician‚ who became a psychoanalyst with
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What causes aggression? Is it an ‘instinct’ or a ‘learned behaviour’? (a) Compare and contrast the views of any two psychological domains on the causes of aggression. (b) Evaluate the validity of their claims in the order to reach an informed decision about the causes of aggression. In order to explore the causes of aggressive behaviour‚ we have to be clear about what we mean by aggressive behaviour. The psychological definitions of aggression are determined by theoretical perspectives and there
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Diagnostic Impressions My clinical judgment would suggest that Silla is struggling of generalized anxiety disorder with a mild alcohol use disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder has 6 criterion including; excessive worry that has been occurring more days than not for about 6 months‚ the individual is having difficulty controlling the worry‚ the anxiety is associated with three or more of the following six symptoms (restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge‚ easily fatigued‚ difficulty concentrating
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Personality Theories PSY/211 February 8‚ 2013 Randall Robertson Personality Theories This paper will compare the Psychodynamic Theory and the Humanistic Theory. A description of each theory and its leading theorist will help in pointing out both their differences and similarities. Psychodynamic Theory‚ developed by Sigmund Freud in the 1900s‚ believes that most human behavior stems from their unconscious. That personality comes from beliefs‚ memories‚ feelings‚ and instincts of which the
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Personality Theory Paper – Psychodynamic Alisa M. Davis Psych/504 Personality Theories March 16‚ 2011 Instructor Gloria So-Lloyd Personality Theory Paper – Psychodynamic Within the study of psychology‚ there are many different personality theories. This paper will discuss psychodynamics and where Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung stand on this theory. This paper will provide key figures and concepts of personality formation; explain disorder of personality‚ validity‚ comprehensiveness
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The non-aggression pact or Molotov–Ribbentrop‚ was a treaty signed between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. This pact was suppose to last for 10 years and would bring peace to the two countries. In the pact the two counties agreed to split Poland in half‚ which would give each side an advantage. The Nazi wanted to push deeper into Poland so there could be more “living room” for their people‚ but Hitler also wanted Danzig a port city lost in the treat of Versailles. Hitler also claimed that the
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It will look at the factors of Client centred therapy. It will also argue that Rogers’ humanistic approach is more useful in a social care setting rather than the psychodynamic approach of Freud. There are many differences between that of Carl Roger’s approach which is the humanistic approach and that of Sigmund Freud’s psychodynamic approaches to psychology. The main difference between these
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Television Violence on Childhood Aggression Abstract There is a great deal of speculation on the effect television plays in childhood aggression. Two contrasting views regarding this issue are violent television increases aggressive behavior and violent television does not increase aggressive behavior. Later research demonstrates there may be other intervening variables causing aggression. These include IQ‚ social class‚ parental punishment‚ parental aggression‚ hereditary‚ environmental‚ and
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During the late 1960s and early 1970s‚ scientist believed that watching acts of violence would hypothetically reduce your aggression (McLeod‚ 2011). Albert Bandura decided to conduct an experiment to test if other peoples’ actions influenced our emotions and thoughts. His experiment would be focused around aggression and included kids‚ adults and various toys. These kids would be from ages 3-5 year olds. Bandura would put kids in a room with an adult with a couple of toys; one being a giant inflatable
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