Personality

Question 1

Define ID

Answer 1

Id is the part of the personality that contains sex instinct and the aggressive instinct it works on the pleasure principle.

Question 2

Define ego

Answer 2

Ego developes when the child learns to realistically meet the wishes and demands of the id in accordance with the outside world. It operates according to the reality principle.

Question 3

Define superego

Answer 3

The superego exercises moral judgement and social rules to keep the ego and id in check

Question 4

Fixation

Answer 4

Fixation refers to the excessive psychic energy which may be left behind in the psychosexual stage of development, causing problems in adulthood.