1.2.1 Tripartite Personality (PD) Flashcards
What are the 3 levels of consciousness
The conscious, preconscious and unconscious.
What is psychic determinism
- This is the idea that all behaviour is caused by unconscious internal conflicts, over which we have no control.
- Adopted by Freud
How are contents of the preconscious revealed
through parapraxes, slips of the tongue and dreaming
What does the unconscious store
The unconscious stores our biological drives and instincts (e.g. hunger, thirst and sex) as well as upsetting and disturbing thoughts repressed from the conscious.
What is the tripartite personality assumption?
Behaviour is influenced by the three parts of the mind
What are the three parts of the personality?
The id The ego The superego
When does the id develop?
It is present from birth
What does the id contain?
- instinctive drives - libido (sexual) and Thanatos (aggressive)
What does the id require?
Instant gratification to fulfill innate, biological instincts, such as hunger and thirst and so is in conflict with the superego.
What does the id operate according to?
The pleasure principle (needs)
When does the ego develop?
Around the age of 2/3
What is the ego?
- The part of the personality to take into account the consequences of your behaviour (reality principle)
- Aims to resolve the conflict between the id and the superego through the use of defence mechanisms (repression, denial and displacement).
- The strength of the unconscious depends upon how efficiently the ego resolves this conflict.
When does the superego develop?
Around the age of 5/6 at the end of the phallic stage
What does the superego do?
It tells us the morally correct and incorrect way to behave (morality principle)
How does super ego develope?
Through identification with same sex parent
