pyschodynamic

pyschodynamic

assumptions
1. role of the unconscious, importance of early life
Personality theory
1. id- slefish pleasure principle, eros (love) thanatos (death)
2. ego- reality principle
  1. defence mechanisms
    1. repression- motivated forgetting
    2. denial- protect id from unwanted truth
    3. regression - stressed=childlke
3. superego- morality principle
Little Hans
1. in depth, thorough - parental information hans himself dream anaylsis allows study to be reanalysed
2. case study- detailed qualitative data no other method can produce so comprehensively
3. subjective, parental bias and researcher interpretation
4. cant be measured scientifcally becuase of unconscious mind, therefore cant be repeated
Dibs
1. others made recordings therefore minimising bias
2. lots of methods - interviews, observations, play therapy Lots of sources-dibs, parents, teachers oppurtunity to test for reliability
3. largely descriptive and not explanatory
4. cant be repeated as dibs will never be the same again
Case Study
1. in depth detailed qualititative date can be obtained as only looks at an individual or small group
2. lots of data can be obtained because other methods are unethical
3. only looks at individual so not generalisable
4. relies on information from the past so could be distorted memories
5. freudian case study
  1. can help individual aswell as gather information
  2. can uncover unconscious thoughts no other method can
  3. subjective
  4. cant be measured scientifaclly
correlational
1. can find how stong the correlation is between two variables
2. can be retested easily
3. no casuse and effect can be established
4. sometimes corraltion can be hard to find
longitudinal
1. strong development trends can be found
2. minimal participant variables
3. p's may stop taking part
4. researcher may change, time consuming

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