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    Understanding the Psychodynamic Perspective in Psychology

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    Aspects of personality beyond awareness, brought to conscious-
    Unconscious
    ness with difficulty
    Personality Motivation Driven by inner forces and conflicts
    Dynamic Processes Constantly moving set of personality processes
    Therapeutic Insight Alters adult personality characteristics
    Past Experiences Determines present or future behavior
    Psychotherapy Approach Originated as a psychotherapy method
    Psychic Determinism Belief that all actions have identifiable causes
    Life Instincts Innate behaviors for survival like food and sex
    Eros (Libido) Life and sexual instincts
    Cathexis Investment of psychic energy in an object or person
    Thanatos Unconscious drive towards decay, destruction, and aggression
    Conscious Mind Aware sensations and experiences at a given moment
    Preconscious Mind Memories not presently aware but easily recalled
    Unconscious Mind Drives, memories, urges not consciously recognized
    Ego Rational aspect controlling actions and decisions
    Superego Morality principle shaped by society and parents
    Id Pleasure-driven aspect seeking immediate gratification
    Anxiety Warning signal of personality issues
    Defense Mechanisms Strategies to defend against anxiety and conflicts
    Psychosexual Stages Freudian stages of development
    Freudian Therapy Techniques Methods like free association and dream analysis

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