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Abnormality Exam Answer: Grade C "Despite its weaknesses, the psychodynamic model is still useful in understanding and treating psychological disorders." Outline key features of the psychodynamic model of abnormality and consider its strengths and/or limitations (18 marks) The psychodynamic approach says that abnormality is caused by a person having unresolved conflicts in early life. Freud says that personality develops in a number of stages, the ID, the Ego, and the Super Ego. He believed that there was a struggle between the ID and the Ego in everyone and if this struggle was not resolved it could lead to a person having abnormal behaviour in later life. For example if a child was 'spoilt' as a child it could lead to the child becoming a 'spoilt' and selfish adult, such behaviour could be termed abnormal. The above paragraph has some AO1 and AO2 but both are limited. Freud's basis theory of personality is implied...

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