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Compare and contrast at least three alternative theories within the psychodynamic paradigm. The initial thirty years of psychology being a separate discipline grasped human experience as its subject matter, using the observation of one's own mind (introspection) as the primary research method. The attention paid to consciousness should come as no surprise, being fundamental to everything we do (Rubin and McNeill, 1983 cited in Gross, 2005). The idiom 'psychodynamic' alludes to the driving forces within the personality that induce behaviour. In particular, 'psychodynamics' denote the unconscious conflict between the diverse structures that create the personality. It is based on the assumption that the personality and reactions of a person are the product of interplay between the conscious and unconscious mind, genetic structure and the person's environment (Feltham and Dryden, 2004). While Sigmund Freud pioneered psychodynamic theory, the approach incorporates the theories which are rooted from Freudian ideas, such as Jung (1964), and...

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