Learning Goals and Objectives: Psychodynamic Theory

Enduring Understandings

• Freud's work was largely unscientific, and does not form the basis modern psychology.
• Freud's notion that our unconscious life drives many conscious behaviors is one of his great insights and enduring legacies.

Essential Questions

• How does our unconscious life relate to our conscious life?

Core Skills

• None

Foundational Knowledge

• Define the id, ego, and superego, and describe their relationship
• Identify major defense mechanisms
• Identify two major critiques of Freud's work
• List at least one major application of the idea of the unconscious in modern psychology