The Structure Of Personality Flashcards
1
Q
How does Freud describe personality
A
Tripartite
2
Q
Id
A
Primitive part of our personality
It operates on the pressure principal
It is a seething mass of the unconscious drives and instincts.
Do you not like me it is entirely selfish and demands instant gratification of its needs.
It is there around your whole life
3
Q
Ego
A
It works on the reality principle
it is the mediator between the id and the super ego
It develops around the age of two
4
Q
Superego
A
It is our internalise sense of right and wrong
it is based on the morality principle
it represents the moral standards of the childs
own gender parents and punishes ego for wrongdoing through guilt
It is developed around the age of 5 (end of phallic stage)
