Psychodynamics

I am particularly drawn to the Psychodynamic Model that human function is determined by in conscience physiological forces. They attempt to discover and treat incidents caused from past traumas and inner conflicts. I admit I use to get confused by the basic id, ego, superego concepts, which have been clarified in this chapter. Particularly I can relate to all of the defense mechanisms of the ego: Repression, denial, projection, rationalization, displacement, intellectualization and regression. I…

a single lens perspective, implying that Freud’s ideas alone are not enough to understanding human behavior in full depth. In his article, “The psychodynamic approach: in this column we give principal and senior examiners from the four A-level boards the opportunity to offer advice on a topical issue. Here, Philip Chandler reminds us that the psychodynamic approach is not all about Freud, sex and couches,” Philip Chandler, a practicing psychotherapist who also gives…

psychological and psychotherapeutic theories that are used now by many other organizations to treat patients. The treatment focuses on exact theories that deal with relationships between conscious and unconscious mental processes. Though the basis of the psychodynamic perspective is to understand and interpret what’s going on in individual minds, and unconscious part of the mind. Some ideas state that childhood problems will affect adult’s behaviors and emotions in their life, and conflicts that…

Human behavior is complex, diverse, dynamic, and even though I have been a witness to a wide range of erratic behavior (mine included), it still can surprise me. People’s behavior is enigmatic at times and many therapists have developed theories to illuminate them. A variety of things can influence people’s behavior, but how these influences can be explained depends on context and the theoretical approach the counselor takes. As a future change agent, I believe it is important to have a…

In this essay we will be explaining the a psychodynamic perspective in psychology and also we will go further deep in the strength and weakness of the methods used, and the judgment made relating to the studies. So what is psychology? Psychology is the science of behaviour and mental process. The psychodynamic approach suggest the abnormality result from unconscious conflict between the parts of the personality the id, ego and the super ego. The mind is separated into three each having…

Depression is an extremely sad emotion that causes feelings of hopelessness and pessimism (Marchand, 2012). Psychological theories such as the psychodynamic theory by Freud as well as the sociological theory advanced by Durkheim have been applied as an attempt to explain suicidal behavior. In this case, psychodynamic theory indicates that suicide is as a result of an internal conflict that causes aggression and depression to develop within an individual. One therefore commits suicide…

material from this course is beneficial because everything has to do with people. Both developmental psychologists Freud and Erikson tried to understand how the mind processed material at different stages of life. Freud is most popularly know for his psychodynamic perspective in which he believed that our internal desires and unconscious thoughts rule our current behavior. Erikson,…

I strongly agree with the cognitive approach where your consciousness is an interpretation of what your thoughts are actively focused upon, rather than the psychodynamic approach, where your consciousness is based entirely on your unconscious thoughts. Baars (2011) discussed the method of contrastive analysis and the famous, well-studied technique, called binocular rivalry. The left eye and right eye are presented with very different images and the brain flips between the two images. Baars…

Another theory of the psychodynamic theory is the Erikson’s theory of psychology stages. Erikson believes in consciousness and motives. He believed in the id, ego, and superego, but he also emphasized that the main component of development is social interactions. From Erikson’s qualitative stages, the boy from the blog exhibits the Trust vs. Mistrust stage. Although this stage is for babies, the Chinese boy probably had some problems in this stage, which caused the boy to dislike his mom now.…

Psychology perspectives are purely based on human behaviour, they offer an important piece to the psychology puzzle, (highered.mheducation.com, 2017). This report will look at the psychodynamic perspective; which came to a light by Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939), and the humanistic perspective, which has two theorists with interesting approaches, Abraham Maslow (1908- 1970) and Carl Rogers (1902- 1987). Humanism is referred to as the ‘third- force’ within psychology, it focusses’ on the…