PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH

PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH

1. UNCONSCIOUS THOUGHTS, CONCSIOUSLY UNAWARE of INFLUENCE = ABNORMALITY

   • UNRESOLVED CONFLICT+CHILDHOODTRAUMA
     • E.G BULIMIA><SEXUAL ABUSE AS CHILD
       • BULIMIC showing SELF DISGUST +PUNISHING body (repressed experience)

2. 3 PERSONALITY ASPECTS

   • ID(PLEASURE INSTINCT)
     • CONFLICT
   • EGO(RATIONAL REALITY)
     • defense mechansim=REPRESSION
       • conflicts hidden in UNCONSCIOUS MIND
         • NOT 100% EFFECTIVE
   • SUPER EGO (MORAL CONSCIENCE)

3. A02

   • ABSTRACT COCNEPTS (ID,EGO,SUPEREGO)
     • dificault to define in unconcsious not definite it EXISTS
     • MODEL BASED ON USSAMPTIONS no SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
       • SEXIST less applicable to WOMEN