Psychology / Unit 10 Psych 1093 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Psychodynamic Perspective
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The idea
The psychodynamic perspective explains personality through unconscious conflict and early developmental experience.
In practice
A pattern of avoiding close relationships is traced to an unresolved conflict the person cannot report.
Where people slip
Most specific psychodynamic claims are unfalsifiable. The unconscious influence on behavior is now well supported.
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