Theory Review Chart
LaQuetta Robinson
Theoretical
Framework
View of Human Nature
Key
Theorists
Key Terminology
Key Concepts
Strengths/Weakness
Therapeutic
Techniques
Personal View
(Does this
theory align
with your
personal view?
Why or why
not?
Psychodynamic
1.
Psychoanalysis
Freud believed that
humans were
motivated by
instincts, or drives.
The behaviors that
humans exhibit for
the satisfaction of
hunger, survival and
sex is compromised
with the ID and
psychic energy. A
person’s ego and
superego is the
development of a
higher cognitive
process that helps
prevent the world
being chaotic. He
believes that
understanding the
world is on a person
psychological
processes,
Sigmun
d Freud
abreaction anal
expulsive anal-
retentive personality
anal stage analytic
neutrality anxiety
asceticism castration
anxiety catharsis
character compensation
consciousness
countertransference
creating a trusting
atmosphere death
instinct defense
mechanisms denial
deterministic
displacement
dissociation dream
analysis drives ego
The key concept
is the
consciousness
and
unconsciousness
. The
consciousness
are feelings,
thoughts and
behavior that
people are aware
of that motivate
the individual.
The unconscious
is the true
motivator that is
the underlying
desires and
wants. The
consciousness is
represented as
the small portion
of self and the
Strength are people
that have western
values and
effective when
working with
individuals who
seek such
treatment and not
in dire straight.
Weakness is to
determine if a
measure change
the unconscious.
How can a person
measure the
unknown?
The Therapeutic
Techniques that
evolved to help
the facilitate
deeper
understanding by
clients. Create a
trusting
atmosphere makes
the client feel free
to share their
thoughts, feeling
and behavior that
may be shameful.
The environment
must be safe to
encourage
revelation. Free
association is
when the client
feels “free” to
associate to any
thought that edit
To a degree
this is align to
my personal
view because
Freud
believed that
human were
motivated by
instinct. I feel
most of us
move off our
emotions and
instincts. Also
the therapeutic
techniques is
something I
believe in if
you create a
safe haven for
someone it
causes them to
open up more
and share
unconscious and
conscious which
create Psychic reality.
Psychic reality is an
individual perception
of the world.
Psychoanalysis could
have greater
understanding of one
motivation and
operate more on
objective reality.
Although, a person
satisfying their needs
this may lead to
narcotic behavior as
the individual
continues with urges.
unconsciousness
is the huge
portion that
motivate
behavior. The
unconscious
repressed
material and
memories that
will sustain a
negative
emotional charge
and shove out
the
consciousness to
protect the
individual. The
preconscious, is
the memories.
