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Psychodynamic (Psychoanalytic) Theory - ✔-Sigmund Freud
-all bx is purposeful and meaningful
-principle of psychic determinism
-most mental activity is unconscious
-conscious behaviors and choices are affected by unconscious mental content
-childhood experiences shape adult personality
-instincts, urges, or fantasies function as drives that motivate thoughts, feelings, and bx
-Id, Ego, Superego
-conflict is experienced consciously as anxiety

Principle of psychic determinism - ✔Even apparently meaningless, random, or accidental behavior is actually motivated by underlying unconscious mental content

Intellectual disability typical age onset - ✔infancy- usually evident at birth

ADHD typical age onset - ✔early childhood (per DSM by age 12)

Schizophrenia typical age onset - ✔18-25 for men 25-35 for women

Major Depression typical age onset - ✔late adolescence to young adulthood

dementia typical age onset - ✔most common after age 85

Freud's Id - ✔-contains primary drives or instincts
-drives are largely unconscious
-operates on the pleasure principle
-"I want"

pleasure principle - ✔the id seeks immediate satisfaction

freud's ego - ✔-rational mind, logical and abstract thinking
-"I think, I evaluate"

Freud's superego - ✔-sense of conscience or right vs wrong

-develops around age 6
-"I should or ought"

Tarasoff Principle - ✔1976 - duty to warn victims of potential harm from client

Deontological Theory - ✔Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad based on the act itself regardless of the consequences

Teleological Theory - ✔Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad based on the consequence or outcome

Virtue ethics - ✔ethical theory that states actions are chosen based on the moral virtues (eg. honesty, courage, compassion, wisdom, gratitude, self-respect) or the character of the person making the decision

Erikson's developmental stage infancy age range - ✔birth-1 year

Erikson's developmental stage infancy developmental tasks - ✔trust vs. mistrust

Erikson's developmental stage infancy indications of developmental mastery - ✔Ability to form meaningful relationships, hope about the future trust in others

Erikson's developmental stage infancy indication of developmental failure - ✔poor relationships, lack of future hope, suspicious of others

Erikson's developmental stage early childhood age - ✔1-3 yo

Erikson's developmental stage early childhood developmental task - ✔autonomy vs. shame and doubt

Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental mastery -
✔self-control, self-esteem, willpower

Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental failure - ✔ poor self-control, low self esteem, self-doubt, lack of independence

Erikson's developmental stage late childhood age - ✔3-6yo

Erikson's developmental stage late childhood developmental task - ✔initiative vs guilt

Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental mastery - ✔ self-directed behavior, goal formation, sense of purpose

Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental failure - ✔ lack of self-initiated behavior, lack of goal orientation

Erikson's developmental stage school-age ages - ✔6-12yo


Erikson's developmental stage school-age developmental task - ✔industry vs. inferiority