Conscience

Question 1

what does freud split the mind into?

Answer 1

the unconscious mind

the preconscious mind

Question 2

what are the characteristics of the unconscious mind?

Answer 2

repressed throughts

primitive desires

Question 3

what are the characteristics of the preconscious mind?

Answer 3

memories not readily available

exists just below the accessible level of consciousness

Question 4

what are the three aspects of the human personality?

Answer 4

id
ego
super ego

Question 5

what are the characteristics of the id?

Answer 5

entirely unconscious
present from birth
instinctive and primitive

Question 6

what is the id driven by?

Answer 6

the pleasure principle

Question 7

what does the id seek?

Answer 7

immediate gratification

Question 8

what happens if the desires and needs of the id cannot be immediately gratified?

Answer 8

anxiety and tension result

Question 9

give an example of the id

Answer 9

a child’s desire for food is so strong it will cry for food

Question 10

how does freud describe the id?

Answer 10

‘a dark inaccessible part of our personality’

Question 11

what is the function of the ego?

Answer 11

it is not socially acceptable to act on the desires of the id
children learn to keep these desires in check

Question 12

what is mediates social norms and the id?

Answer 12

the ego

Question 13

what is the ego driven by?

Answer 13

the reality principle

Question 14

what analogy does freud use to describe the id and the ego?

Answer 14

horse and rider

Question 15

explain the horse and rider analogy

Answer 15

the rider (ego) guides and manages the horse (id)

Question 16

what is the last part of the psyche to develop?

Answer 16

the super ego

Question 17

when does the super ego develop?

Answer 17

around 5 years of age

Question 18

what is the super ego?

Answer 18

stores a combination of the internalised moral standards of right and wrong that children learn fro both their parents and society

Question 19

the greater extent the super ego dominates…..

Answer 19

the greater extent to which a person avoids actions which might result in breaking the rules

Question 20

what are religious and moral feelings related to according to freud?

Answer 20

the super ego

Question 21

what are the three components that make up our capacity for moral decision making according to aquinas?

Answer 21

ratio
synderesis
and conscientia

Question 22

what is meant by the term ratio?

Answer 22

reason

Question 23

what has ratio got to do with god and creation?

Answer 23

it is a gift from god and was given to us at creation

Question 24

why is ratio much more than simply following cultural or social norms?

Answer 24

it has the potential to reach something higher and can therefore go against social norms

Question 25

what is meant by synderesis?

Answer 25

a principle that directs people away from evil and towards good
innate

Question 26

what is it that tempts us towards evil?

Answer 26

misdirected desire - sensuality

Question 27

what is conscientia?

Answer 27

the action that follows synderesis

applying ratio to synderesis

Question 28

what is conscientia not?

Answer 28

the voice of god

Question 29

should the conscience be obeyed for aquinas?

Answer 29

yes

Question 30

what is vincible ignorance?

Answer 30

if someone has access to knowledge of a better way but does not reason then they are still responsible

Question 31

what is invincible ignorance?

Answer 31

a lack of knowledge for which a person is not responsible

Question 32

what has freud’s understanding of a guilty conscience got to do with oedipus complex?

Answer 32

men have an unconscious desire to possess their mothers and kill their fathers, they learn this is morally wrong and therefore have a guilty conscience

Question 33

explain the relationship between the id, ego and super ego using the example of sex

Answer 33

id- biological desire
ego- knows it is not acceptable to be promiscuous
super ego- don’t have sex
result- no sex or a guilty conscience

Question 34

how is the breaking of rules linked in the conscience to the super ego?

Answer 34

if you break rules you feel guilty

Question 35

explain the idea of god given conscience

Answer 35

the belief that god gave conscience as a gift

either understood as the direct word of god or a sense of reason within us

Question 36

give evidence against the idea of god given conscience

Answer 36

religious people have different views on practicing religion - crusaders and emergency relief charity workers

Question 37

explain the idea that conscience is innate with us

Answer 37

doesn’t depend on any social conditioning or learning

both secular and religious concept

Question 38

give evidence against the idea that conscience is innate within us

Answer 38

children do not feel guilty for stealing until they are told it is wrong

Question 39

explain the idea that conscience is instilled by society

Answer 39

the culture in which we are raised plays a large part in the development of our moral reasoning

Question 40

give evidence against the idea that conscience is instilled within us by society

Answer 40

suffragettes fought for the vote in a society that questioned women’s intelligence

Question 41

explain the idea that conscience is instilled by our parents

Answer 41

strong connection between our early years of upbringing and our sense of morality

Question 42

give evidence against the idea that conscience is instilled by our parents

Answer 42

school shooters/ terrorists- parents are shocked and disgusted- they have been radicalised elsewhere

Question 43

explain the idea that conscience is instilled by authority figures

Answer 43

can be from the perspective of positive or negative role models

Question 44

give evidence against the idea that conscience is instilled by authority figures

Answer 44

revolutions against dictators

anti- police riots