Today we will

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Today we will

• Recall the assumptions of the psychodynamic
  approach
• Understand how psychodynamic psychology
  understands the development of gender
• Discuss evidence for the psychodynamic view

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• How does a psychodynamic psychologist explain
  experience and behaviour?

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Psychodynamic concepts

• The psyche
• Id
• Ego
• Superego
• The unconscious mind
• Defence mechanisms

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• Which developmental stages does the child go
  through?
• What is the main source of pleasure at each
  stage?
• What are the important influences at each stage?
• How do the stages relate to the different parts
  of the psyche?

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Psychosexual stages
EGO develops
SUPEREGO develops
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• What happens during the Oedipus/Elektra complexes?

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Gender development

• Oedipus complex boys
• Desire for mother
• Frustration hostility towards father
• Castration anxiety
• Elektra complex girls
• Desire for father
• Frustration hostility towards mother
• Penis envy

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Gender development

• Identification with same sex parent
• I want to be (like) you
• Internalisation of same sex parent
• A representation of the father/mother in
  incorporated into the psyche
• Ideals to aspire to
• Moral rules
• Gender identity

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Evidence

• What does the Freudian view predict about the
  children of single parents?
• What does it predict about the children of gay
  parents?
• What problems are there with the clinical/case
  study evidence cited in support of Freud?

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