I have read pages and pages on the subject and could tell you all about each individual aspect - such as the unconscious mind, id, ego, superego and the Psychosexual stages, defence mechanisms etc. But I'm getting confused about how the theories evolved - ie what is the psychodynamic theory? Did his Psychoanalytic theories come later... eek! I know what I mean! Basically I have to discuss two major aspects of Freudian theory. I am going to write about his theory of consciousness and then about the structural model of personality. I thought I'd then go on to explain how conflict of the egos cause anxiety, which would lead on nicely to defence mechanisms - repression etc.
I've been sat here for two hours though and I can't get started! I understand individual aspects but not how they link - does that make sense!? Can't grasp what Psychodynamics is all about and how it relates - if it does!? Help please!
2007-03-27 10:41:33 · 3 answers · asked by gilliemoore 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Freud was an interesting guy more for the way he thought about things than any great 'truths' he may have revealed.
Study the man...you will learn a lot more that way.
He suffered from chronic constipation by the way yet his ideas are still the basis for some 'potty training' programs....Sorry I don't buy it.
Sexuality? He probably never saw his wife naked, nor she him.
His thinking was modeled by the social conditions that surrounded him....mostly no longer relevant.
2007-03-27 10:49:42 · answer #1 · answered by philip_jones2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psychodynamics=unconcsious mind
Freud thought the unconcsious mind ruled the concsious mind and based his theories around it. For example, if a man had a cold unattentive mother, he will search for a mate who is the same in effort to resolve conflicts from his childhood that he had with his mother. As people get older, they gain better control over their concsious (ego) whereas children are ruled by their unconcsious (Id). Kids do things because of the hear and now without thought of consequences. The superego is basically storage for morals and values. But in adulthood, sometimes our actions are driven by the unconcsious mind for reasons unrealized by them like the example given earlier. He used psychoanalysis to figure out what from childhood (Id) was causing behaviors in adults instead of their ego. Psychodynamic theory in the Id is 2 basic desires eros (desire for sex) and thantos (agrressive destructive impulse). He said everything we do is based on one of these behaviors and the other parts of our mind tries to keep the desires in check.
2007-03-27 11:08:07 · answer #2 · answered by nursegrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try using this concept: All psychology is interconnecting. One usually morphs into another as the mind/ego is so complex.
I'm not a shrink...I'm just thinking in terms of human nature.
2007-03-27 10:52:09 · answer #3 · answered by miri-miri-off-the-wall 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋