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Outline and evaluate one psychological model of abnormality. The Psychodynamic Model.
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Outline and evaluate one psychological model of abnormality. The Psychodynamic Model. The term "psychodynamic" refers to a group of explanations that try to account for the dynamics of behaviour, or the forces that motivate it. Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory is the best-known example, and he has probably been the most influential person in clinical psychology. His view was that mental illness did not have a physical origin. Instead he suggested that it arises out the unresolved, unconscious conflicts which form in early childhood. To understand this we need to look briefly at Freud's theory of personality development. Freud argued that the mind is divided into three parts. First, there is the id. This consists mainly of unconscious sexual and aggressive instincts. This motivating force is called the libido, an innate drive for sexual (or physical) satisfaction. Second, there is the ego, which is the rational and conscious part of the...
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