{"id":8870,"date":"2019-05-22T16:12:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/psychodynamic_theory\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:12:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:12:24","slug":"psychodynamic_theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/psychodynamic_theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychodynamic theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Theory influenced by psychoanalysis that stresses the importance of unconscious mental processing together with childhood experiences that shape personality. &nbsp;There are a number of such theories (all of which emphasize unconscious motives), but the one that has maintained historical dominance is that by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellmind.com\/sigmund-freud-his-life-work-and-theories-2795860\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"https:\/\/www.verywellmind.com\/sigmund-freud-his-life-work-and-theories-2795860?target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sigmund Freud&nbsp;<\/a>1856-1939). &nbsp;According his theory, personality consists of the id (pleasure seeking), the superego (rule following), and the ego (mediation between id and superego). &nbsp;Psychodynamic theory as derived from psychoanalysis has been subjected to &nbsp;number of criticisms including the accusation that it lacks convincing empirical support. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"ego\">Ego<\/a>, <a href=\"id\">Id<\/a>, <a href=\"psychoanalysis\">Psychoanalysis<\/a>, <a href=\"superego\">Superego<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theory influenced by psychoanalysis that stresses the importance of unconscious mental processing together with childhood experiences that shape personality. &nbsp;There are a number of such theories (all of which emphasize unconscious motives), but the one that has maintained historical dominance is that by&nbsp;Sigmund Freud&nbsp;1856-1939). &nbsp;According his theory, personality consists of the id (pleasure seeking), the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/psychodynamic_theory\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Psychodynamic theory&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-8870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}