Week 20 psychodynamic intro

1. Psychodynamic Approach
1. Do you have any phobias? Where do you
think that they come from?
1. Do you remember your dreams? What did
you dream about in your last dream?

2. Lesson Objectives
By the end of the lesson you …
• Must be able to describe the psychodynamic
approach.
• Should be able to describe components of the
psychodynamic approach.

5. Psychodynamic Approach
• The psychodynamic perspective
starts with the pioneering work of
Sigmund Freud.
• The key assumption of the
psychodynamic approach is that all
human behaviour can be explained
in terms of inner conflict of the
mind.
• The structure of the mind is the
conscious and unconscious.

6. ID, Ego & Super Ego
• ID: Responsible for our
basic drives (sex, food)
• Ego: mediates among
the id and the super ego
• Super-Ego: acts as the
conscience, maintaining
our sense of morality
and the prohibition of
taboos

7. The Id
According to Freud,
the id is the
personality construct
that we are born
with.
Its energy is called
the “libido”.
It operates on the
pleasure principle.
Need food... need
drink... need
comfort... need
burping... need
sleep... need it
NOW!

8. The Superego
 The superego is the 'ideal'
force, the civilised, socially
acceptable figure the person
strives to be.
 It operates on the morality
principle and includes our
understanding of right and
wrong.
 It opposes the id and is
essentially and
internalisation of rules
passed down from our
parents.

9. The ego
 The ego is the reality
principle.
 It must balance the drives
of the id and the control
of the superego.
 During toddlerhood,
children come to realise
that they are individuals.
 They recognise that they
have their own desires,
wants, and needs; the ego
forms.

10. The Mind
In your own
words write a
description of the
this analogy to
the mind.
Use all of the terms
in the diagram in
your answer.
5 mins

11. Psychosexual Development
Stage
Age Range Erogenous Zones
Oral
0 - 18 mts.
Anal
18 - 36 mts. Bowel / bladder
Phallic
3 - 6 yrs
Genitals
Latency
6yrs –
puberty
Beyond
Puberty
Dormant sexual
feelings
Sexual interests
mature
Genital
Mouth

13. Using whatever method you choose
(mind map, personal notes, bullet
points) summarise the main points of
the psychodynamic approach.
15 minutes

15. Describe Freud’s
psychosexual theory of
development. [5 marks]

16. • Must be able to describe the psychodynamic
approach.
• Should be able to describe components of the
psychodynamic approach.

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