Freud's psychodynamic explanation
of aggression
A01
Freud said that we have 2 innate drives that direct our behaviour
Eros the life instinctand Thanatos the deathinstinct
2 Freud said that sometimes we directThanatos's energy towards other people
rather than to ourselves
eg by being agressive in order to prevent ourselves
being hurt
3Thanatos and Eros formtheIdi thefirst partof personality humans have
inate from birth It operates on the pleasure principleand demands immediate
gratification of it urges
4 From about 2 years old the ego develops which operates on reality principle It
doesn't know right from
wrong but does understand that sometimes thing likeaggression
may not be acceptable D
of aggression
A01
Freud said that we have 2 innate drives that direct our behaviour
Eros the life instinctand Thanatos the deathinstinct
2 Freud said that sometimes we directThanatos's energy towards other people
rather than to ourselves
eg by being agressive in order to prevent ourselves
being hurt
3Thanatos and Eros formtheIdi thefirst partof personality humans have
inate from birth It operates on the pleasure principleand demands immediate
gratification of it urges
4 From about 2 years old the ego develops which operates on reality principle It
doesn't know right from
wrong but does understand that sometimes thing likeaggression
may not be acceptable D