Sigmund Freud Personality Structure

Question 1

Unconscious part of the person which serve as the reservoir of primitive and biologic drives and urges (libido-sexual drives)

Answer 1

ID

Question 1

Components/ structure of personality

Answer 1

ID, Ego “Self”, Super ego “conscience”

Question 2

It is primitive, it demands immediate satisfaction

Answer 2

ID

Question 3

Functions according to pleasure principle

Answer 3

ID

Question 4

Begins to develop during the 4th and 5th month.

Answer 4

Ego

Question 5

Known as the integrator of personality

Answer 5

Ego

Question 6

Operates on reality principles

Answer 6

Ego

Question 7

Controls and regulates instinctual drives.

Answer 7

Ego

Question 8

Mediates between id drives and demands of reality.

Answer 8

Ego

Question 9

Stores up experiences in ‘memory’

Answer 9

Ego

Question 10

Solves problems

Answer 10

Ego

Question 11

Uses defense mechanisms to protect self

Answer 11

Ego

Question 12

Internal representative of the values, ideals, and moral standards of society

Answer 12

Super ego

Question 13

The ‘moral arm’ of the personality

Answer 13

Super ego

Question 14

Develops at 3 to 5 years (phallic) pre-school age

Answer 14

Super ego

Question 15

It strives for perfection rather than pleasure and represents the ideal rather than the real

Answer 15

Super ego

Question 16

2 sub systems of super ego

Answer 16

Conscience, Ego-ideal

Question 17

parents view as improper- punish the child- guilt (maladaptive behavior as seen in depression)

Answer 17

Conscience

Question 18

what parents approve of and what they reward will be incorporated

Answer 18

Ego-ideal

Question 19

results in the person’s feeling proud and increases selfesteem.

Answer 19

Ego ideal

Question 20

leads to rigid, compulsive, unhappy person

Answer 20

Strict super ego

Question 21

leads to antisocial behavior, hostility, anxiety or guilt

Answer 21

Weak/defective super ego