Basic Beliefs & Contributions of Psychodynamic Approach

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This lecture explores the psychodynamic approach, focusing on its definition, historical roots, and core assumptions like unconscious processes, early experiences, and personality structure (Id, Ego, Superego). It includes Freud's models of the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious mind, motivations behind human behaviour (Eros and Thanatos), psychosexual development stages, and defence mechanisms used to manage internal conflicts. The session differentiates between psychoanalysis and...