Psychodynamic Approach To Psychology

Our personality is shaped as the drives are modified by different conflicts at different times in childhood during psychosexual development. In comparison behaviourism believes the opposite. They believe that as Freud’s theories cannot be scientifically proven. Freud’s psychodynamic theory was to understand the unconscious mind and the reasons behind certain behaviors which later led him to investigate the meaning of dreams. The Behaviorist approach to psychology was to study observable behaviour and argued that the psychodynamic approach lacked validity and was not quantitative research.

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"The behaviourist approach has been a dominant influence in psychology, it represents one of the ‘hardcore' approaches, which has contributed a great deal to our understanding of psychological functioning " (Malim & Birch, 1998)

The psychodynamic approach founded by Sigmund Freud was a lot of our behavior, is determined by unconscious thoughts, memories. Freud developed the first complete theory of mind and is the founder of a series of techniques called psychoanalysis. This aims to explore the unconscious mind by using techniques, such as free association, dream interpretation etc. and then and be used treat abnormal behavior. Psychodynamic psychology ignores the aspects of science and instead focuses on trying to get inside the head of individuals to make logic of their relationships, experiences and how they see the world. (McLeod, 2007). Freud’s theories

Psychologists today like John B. Watson who wrote Behaviorism, believe that all human behavior is a result of conditioning. Therefore humans can be taught to act any way the manipulator wants them too. Behaviorism, a school of psychology, founded by John B. Watson, is the concept that all behavior stems from a form of conditioning. This conditioning could be being betrayed and thrown in jail, or having you father murdered. In Watsons’s book Behaviorism, Watson states:

The psychodynamic approach to psychology is the study of human behaviour from the point of view of motivation and drives. The original beliefs of this approach were created by Sigmund Freud in the 1800s. Although it is now generally seen negatively in the common view, sometimes comically, it has provided the inspiration for a few of the current leading approaches to psychology.

My practice is driven by and laden with traces of the values of capacity for change and growth, the voice of the individual, and curiosity. The belief in the capacity for change and growth motivates me to sit with some clients that others consider difficult and attempt to assist them in seeing the prospect of change while maintaining a respect for their decision. The value of the voice of the individual drives me to open myself to the many possibilities that the client considers and hear things from their perspective. This value causes me to be invested in the client voicing whatever they deem necessary and working through what they voice to build the solutions they have created. The value of the voice of the individual also inspires me to

Psychodynamic theorists believe that demanding parents might play a role in the development in this disorder. People with this disorder might consider their environment to be hostile because of their parents consistent and unreasonable demands. Some cognitive theorists believe that people with this disorder have broad maladaptive thoughts of people, such as “people will harm you if given the chance.” Biological theorists suggest that this disorder might have genetic causes.

Meredith had lost her other half, her soul mate, her husband, Derek Shepard. She now found herself lost and remembering back to her life as a child being paired with a repetition of the quote “The carousel never stops turning,” once spoken by her mother. Now left with 2 children, along with one on the way, Meredith disappears from Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital. Recalling her past love with Derek, Meredith is unsure of how to move on, yet has a horrifying past of events quite similar to this to help her find her way. Following in her mother's footsteps, Meredith leaves when there seems to be nothing left of her.

It proposes two main processes such as Cassical Conditioning (Ivan Pavlov) which is about learning by association, and Operant Conditioning (B.F Skinner) about learning from the consequences of our behavior. This approach mainly carries scientific methodology including controlled experiments and measurable behaviour. Behaviorism rejects the idea that people have free will, and has been criticised that underestimates the complexity of human behaviour. This approach doesn't concern too much about why human behaves in a way they do but place more emphasis on how to deal with the issues raised by a behaviour.

Due to the broad spectrum of interests in psychology, psychologists have created a various and diverse explanation. In this essay, we will discuss how the three different disorders are explained psychologically. The three disorders that will be explained are schizophrenia, depression, and eating disorders. The treatments for all these disorders will be explored as well. The evaluation of the effectiveness of the different treatments given for depression will be considered.

There are 4 different approaches to psychology such as Cognitive, Biological, Psychodynamic and Behaviourism (Jarvis, M. et al. 2004). Cognitive approach deals with the mental processes such as the memory, the way of thinking and problem solving which is a necessity to process information. It concentrates on the mental process, which contrasts with behaviourism (Woods, B. 2006). Behaviourism approach focuses on how an individual behaves in different circumstances. It states that behaviour is formed through positive and negative reinforcements as well as the behaviour are a response to a stimulus.

Behavioural Psychology originated in the late 19th to early 20th century and was concerned with the prediction and control of the observable, measurable, external aspects of human experience. Behaviourist psychologists rejected the introspective method used by previous philosophers and psychologists and instead relied on using observation and data that was objective and empirical. This is known as an anti-mentalist approach; Behaviourists considered the workings of the mind

Behaviourism is a concept which dismisses that humans possess freewill. Behaviourism states that all behaviour is learned, also that all behaviour is conditioned either by means of 'association ' or 'reinforcement '. Behaviourists believe that everyone is born 'tabula rasa ' which means that the human mind is viewed as having no inherent ideas. They believe that any psychological dysfunctional behaviour can be dealt with and the behaviour can simply be 'unlearned '. The difference between Behaviourism and other disciplines is that it states that human beings are simply passive receptors of stimulus-response. Behaviourist psychology began to surface at the beginning of the 20th Century, however it can be drawn back to the empiricist philosopher Aristotle who thought that the only knowledge we know of the world is achieved through our sensory experiences. Within Behaviourism, there is Classical conditioning and Operant conditioning. Classical conditioning is learning a new behaviour through the process of association. Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist developed this theory. He did this by researching digestive systems of dogs. (McLeod, S. A.

Behaviorism also believes in the scientific method and that only behavior that is observable should be studied because it can be objectively measured. This perspective rejects the idea that people have free will and acknowledges that the environment determines all behavior. Moreover humanism is another perspective that explains behavior in the sense that it studies the whole person. Humanistic psychologist look at human behavior not only through the eyes of the observer, but in the eyes of the person acting out the behaving. They believe that the individual’s behavior is related to inner feelings and self-image. This perspective differs from the behaviorist perspective in the fact that the humanistic approach centers their view that each person is different and each individual has the free will to change at any time in his or her life. This perspective was emphasized by the two most influential psychologists Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow. In addition, the psychodynamic perspective explained that the human mind is like an iceberg, but with only a small amount of it being visible, which is our observable behavior. On the other hand it was the unconscious mind that had the most prime influence on behavior. Freud’s three methods of understanding the unconscious mind was through free association, dream analysis and slips of the tongue. He also