what are the similarities between cognitive and psychoanalytical psychology ?

Answer 1

A Level psychologist eh? Crack open Gross and learn for yourself! This is very easy stuff! It's the 2 x table of psychology!!!!!

P.S. the response above is kinda incorrect. Cognitive psychology is not biological. It is scientific. As it's name suggests, it's COGNITIVE. Don't try mixing cognition and biology til you're at degree level (which I hope for your sake you're not!)

Answer 2

This was part of the question on my doctoral examination. First, Freud and Piaget, as well as others, both had stage theories of development. Many of the personality and biological qualities needed at each stage match cognitive -mental qualities and these stages were theorized to occur at similar ages. For example, reaching the anal stage actually requires the cognitive concept of object permanence.
These are some of the major similarities.

Answer 3

hoooray for cavassi!!!

also - both perspectives have a 'biolgical basis'(this is often overlooked in examining the psychodynamic approach, for some reason, but freud's theories about what drives us might have been considerably different if he'd been inspired by evolutionary theory to look at Bilobo monkeys instead of chimps..the bilobo are peaceful, co-operative and non-territorial for example).

in practice - they both focus on cognition, too - there isn't anything 'mystical' happening as there is in alot of humanistic psychotherapy(with the exception of Jungian psychoanalysis)...but i'm really talking about therapy there rather than academic psychology.

Answer 4

both are based on the 'I think ' but could be wrong diagnoses