The Psychodynamic Approach

The psychoanalytic approach is the idea of how personality relates to the actions of the unconscious thoughts and motives. Sigmund Freud used this technique to develop his multiple stages and structures theories on the unconscious. On the other hand, the psychodynamic approach is the modern version of the psychoanalytic approach. This approach views personality on the unconscious and the importance of the childhood experience stage. Neo-Freudians used this technique with a basis of Freud's ideas of childhood but believed in different views of the conscious mind’s part in of explaining the experiences and interactions with the environment. As well as, the idea that childhood experience not sexually but socially.
Freud’s psychosexual stage theory is the childhood stages of development, containing five stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital) that id’s pleasure seeking energy is focused on. Through these early stages of childhood with parents and …show more content…
There are three interacting systems: id, superego, and ego. Id is the unconscious energy that strives to satisfy basic motives. The id operates on the pleasure principle, the immediate gratification through either a life force (ex. sex) or a death force (ex. aggression). The superego works on the ideal standards of providing judgments for the future. The ego is the balance of the id and superego. It manages on the reality principle, where it satisfies the id's pleasures in a realistic fashion that will bring long-term benefits, rather than the downfall. Freud’s personality structure is seen in the collage. For example, the id is displayed in the collage with an image hamburger representing satisfaction of a constant hunger and logos of social media platforms (Instagram and YouTube) to comply entertainment when