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Psychodynamic Theory

Psychodynamic Theory. Personality involves several factors: Instinctual drives – food, sex, aggression Unconscious processes Early childhood influences – especially the parents Personality development depends on the interplay of instinct and environment during the first five years of life.

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Psychodynamic Theory

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  1. Psychodynamic Theory • Personality involves several factors: • Instinctual drives – food, sex, aggression • Unconscious processes • Early childhood influences – especially the parents • Personality development depends on the interplay of instinct and environment during the first five years of life www.psychlotron.org.uk

  2. Thoughts Perceptions Memories Stored knowledge Fears Unacceptable sexual desires Violent motives Irrational wishes Immoral urges Selfish needs Shameful experiences Traumatic experiences The conscious. The small amount of mental activity we know about. The preconscious. Things we could be aware of if we wanted or tried. The unconscious. Things we are unaware of and can not become aware of. Bad Worse Really Bad The Unconscious www.psychlotron.org.uk

  3. Id: Instincts Ego: Reality Superego: Morality The Psyche (Personality) www.psychlotron.org.uk

  4. Oral The mouth – sucking, swallowing etc. EGO develops Anal The anus – withholding or expelling faeces Phallic The penis or clitoris - masturbation SUPEREGO develops Latent Little or no sexual motivation present Genital The penis or vagina – sexual intercourse Psychosexual Stages www.psychlotron.org.uk

  5. Forceful feeding Deprivation Early weaning Oral activities (e.g. smoking), dependency, aggression. Oral Toilet training: Too harsh Too lax Obsessiveness, tidiness, mean-ness; untidiness, generosity Anal Abnormal family set-up leading to unusual relationship with mother/father Vanity, self-obsession, sexual anxiety , inadequacy, inferiority, envy Phallic Fixation www.psychlotron.org.uk

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