PYA5 - really not doing well with approaches :(

Yeah good point

So you know with the stages.. I've just read about them (http://www.victorianweb.org/science/freud/develop.html). Would you talk about regression as the defence mechanism to go back to one of the stages because of external stress etc?

And do I have this right, roughly:

Oral stage - obsession with pleasure, putting things in the mouth.. anything else? :/
Anal stage - either excreting faeces at inappropriate times (if parents allow this it leads to being really messy, disorganised and rebellious etc) or holds it as long as possible (leads to neatness, orderliness etc)
Phallic stage - the whole oedipus/electra conflict
Latency period - like a break from all the sexual-ness where children kind of relax for a bit and do other stuff
Genital stage - basically puberty?

Have I got that right? :/

Yeah good point

So you know with the stages.. I've just read about them (http://www.victorianweb.org/science/freud/develop.html). Would you talk about regression as the defence mechanism to go back to one of the stages because of external stress etc?

And do I have this right, roughly:

Oral stage - obsession with pleasure, putting things in the mouth.. anything else? :/
Anal stage - either excreting faeces at inappropriate times (if parents allow this it leads to being really messy, disorganised and rebellious etc) or holds it as long as possible (leads to neatness, orderliness etc)
Phallic stage - the whole oedipus/electra conflict
Latency period - like a break from all the sexual-ness where children kind of relax for a bit and do other stuff
Genital stage - basically puberty?

Have I got that right? :/

Can anyone briefly explain to me how you would explain these four cases each with two different approaches? It can literally be a sentence, just any vague idea.. thanks :/

"Sometimes students delay writing up homework or revising for examinations even though they want to succeed and achieve high grades. Instead, they may go out with friends, watch television or even do things that they would not normally do, such as tidying their room or doing the washing up. This tendency to put off tasks, in this case homework or examination revision, is called procrastination."
"Lots of people find it very difficult to throw away any of their possessions. When people hang on to their possessions in this way it is called hoarding. Some people hoard old letters, clothes, childhood toys, etc, and become irritated with friends or partners who try to persuade them to get rid of things which they do not use any more."

"Some people feel that it is important to have clothes and electronic gadgets that carry famous brand names. Such people value possessions with so-called "designer labels" and like to show them off. They pay high prices for them even though they could buy similar items much more cheaply if they did not care so much about the labels."

"Medicine is a very popular subject at university, even though the entry standards are high and the courses are long and challenging. In spite of these difficulties, many A-Level students decide to apply for these courses because they wish to become doctors. Young people are often attracted to the idea of becoming a doctor because it is perceived not only as a caring profession but also one of high status and potentially high earnings."

Thanks a bunch.. if any it's this part of the exam that will let me down :/

Thanks Emilina

I figured that for the first one but didn't know if it was right.. could you also do the idea of denial in psychodynamic theory? As in.. they deny the fact they have exams because it's too stressful etc. ?

And I thought evolutionary for the last one, as in - they want to appear more attractive to the opposite sex for a better mate so they get the highest paid/most successful job etc?

*So* don't remember all the stages for the psychodynamic model, eek! I need to think of another explanation for the hoarding one 'cause I'm not gonna be able to remember that lol :P