pyschodynamic

pyschodynamic

1. assumptions

   • role of the unconscious, importance of early life

2. Personality theory

   • id- slefish pleasure principle, eros (love) thanatos (death)
   • ego- reality principle
     • defence mechanisms
       • repression- motivated forgetting
       • denial- protect id from unwanted truth
       • regression - stressed=childlke
   • superego- morality principle

3. Little Hans

   • in depth, thorough - parental information hans himself dream anaylsis allows study to be reanalysed
   • case study- detailed qualitative data no other method can produce so comprehensively
   • subjective, parental bias and researcher interpretation
   • cant be measured scientifcally becuase of unconscious mind, therefore cant be repeated

4. Dibs

   • others made recordings therefore minimising bias
   • lots of methods - interviews, observations, play therapy Lots of sources-dibs, parents, teachers oppurtunity to test for reliability
   • largely descriptive and not explanatory
   • cant be repeated as dibs will never be the same again

5. Case Study

   • in depth detailed qualititative date can be obtained as only looks at an individual or small group
   • lots of data can be obtained because other methods are unethical
   • only looks at individual so not generalisable
   • relies on information from the past so could be distorted memories
   • freudian case study
     • can help individual aswell as gather information
     • can uncover unconscious thoughts no other method can
     • subjective
     • cant be measured scientifaclly

6. correlational

   • can find how stong the correlation is between two variables
   • can be retested easily
   • no casuse and effect can be established
   • sometimes corraltion can be hard to find

7. longitudinal

   • strong development trends can be found
   • minimal participant variables
   • p's may stop taking part
   • researcher may change, time consuming