Basic Assumptions of Psychoanalytic/ Psychodynamic Theories:
Basic Assumptions of Psychoanalytic/ Psychodynamic Theories:
Symptoms: disguised expressions of unacceptable behaviour
Anxiety: crucial to development of disordered behaviour
Fixation: becoming psychologically “stuck” at any one stage due to inability to resolve the developmental crisis
Defense Mechanisms: psychological processes that distort or deny reality to control anxiety e.g.repression, projection, displacement, etc.