Freud's theory of personality started the psychodynamic approach. Many of his ideas are now widely thought to be wrong, or at least only relevant to the types of people and the time he was living in (Mainly middle class Jewish women in Vienna, Austria around 1900). However modern psychodynamic theories are still important today and work on the same assumptions - that abnormality arises from unresolved conflicts within the mind, and subconscious desires and memories.
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Homework essay:
"Describe and evaluate the psychodynamic model of abnormality" 6 marks AO1 + 6 marks AO2
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