Unit 8
The psychodynamic theory:
It is based around three dynamic which are Food, Sex and water. This approach is based on the premise that human behaviour and relationships are shaped by conscious and unconscious influences. This was developed by Freud Sigmund.
Conscious: consists of all the mental processes of which we are aware and what you want. For example, you may be feeling thirsty at this moment and decide to get a drink.
Unconscious: this contains our biological based instincts for the original urge for sex. While we are fully aware of what is going on in the conscious mind, we have no idea of what information is stored in the unconscious mind. Freud looked at the relationship between children and the opposite sex parents for example; a son may have a close relationship to the mother and if the child does not develop a relationship with the father this can lead to conflicts in the family. For example the father may feel jealousy towards the son. Another psychodynamic theory is Ericson who believed that unconscious conflicts exist throughout life not just in childhood. Fraud also discovered that there are three parts of a human personality which are: Id, Ego and Super ego.
Id: the Id consists of all inherited biological components of personality. The id is the impulsive (and unconscious) part of our psyche which responds directly and immediately to the instincts. The personality of the newborn child is all Id and only later does it develop ego and super-ego. The id demands immediate satisfaction and when this happens we experience pleasure, when it is denied we experience ‘unpleased’ or pain. The id is not affected by reality, logic or the everyday world.
Ego: Initially the ego is “that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world”. The ego develops in order to mediate between the unrealistic id and the external real world. Ideally the ego works by reason whereas the id is chaotic and totally unreasonable. The ego
It is based around three dynamic which are Food, Sex and water. This approach is based on the premise that human behaviour and relationships are shaped by conscious and unconscious influences. This was developed by Freud Sigmund.
Conscious: consists of all the mental processes of which we are aware and what you want. For example, you may be feeling thirsty at this moment and decide to get a drink.
Unconscious: this contains our biological based instincts for the original urge for sex. While we are fully aware of what is going on in the conscious mind, we have no idea of what information is stored in the unconscious mind. Freud looked at the relationship between children and the opposite sex parents for example; a son may have a close relationship to the mother and if the child does not develop a relationship with the father this can lead to conflicts in the family. For example the father may feel jealousy towards the son. Another psychodynamic theory is Ericson who believed that unconscious conflicts exist throughout life not just in childhood. Fraud also discovered that there are three parts of a human personality which are: Id, Ego and Super ego.
Id: the Id consists of all inherited biological components of personality. The id is the impulsive (and unconscious) part of our psyche which responds directly and immediately to the instincts. The personality of the newborn child is all Id and only later does it develop ego and super-ego. The id demands immediate satisfaction and when this happens we experience pleasure, when it is denied we experience ‘unpleased’ or pain. The id is not affected by reality, logic or the everyday world.
Ego: Initially the ego is “that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world”. The ego develops in order to mediate between the unrealistic id and the external real world. Ideally the ego works by reason whereas the id is chaotic and totally unreasonable. The ego