Psychology

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Assessment Front Sheet

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Student Number: 1800481 Course Code: PA7073

Unit Name: Theoretical Perspectives Y1: Strand 1: Psychoanalytic Theory

Unit Number: Unit 3.1 Submission Date: 26/04/2021                                    

Word Length (not including appendices and end/footnotes): _______________________________

Essay Title (if applicable): Observing the unconscious – projective processes and defences against anxiety

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Theoretical Perspectives 1: Psychoanalytic Theory

Introduction

Observing the unconscious – projective processes and defences against anxiety

In this essay, I will be demonstrating an understanding of

Psychoanalytic Theory and Infant Development Judy Shuttleworth

· Object relations model as an experience that develops within the individual affecting present in different ways and less directly to do with the past causing the present.

· Klein’s internal world. ‘ baby is pre-programmed to prefer human face and voice above other visual and auditory stimuli to feel comforted’

· Brazelton dynamic interactions’ baby movements smooth and rhythmic for human contact contrasting with jerky movements with a mere object.

· Klein view – meeting of instinctual needs with an external object not only results in a satisfying experience but initiates beginnings of mental development. The match between infant’s needs and and the object’s capacities, the external world can be brought into the infant’s mental grasp and thought about as well.

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Conclusion

In your essay, address the following aspects:

1. Introduce the topic in your own words and define the relevant psychoanalytic concepts drawing on the theoretical papers you have studied. (900 words approx.)

2. Illustrate your understanding of the psychoanalytic concepts by explaining their relevance to an example from your observation or work. (900 words approx.)

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