THEORIES OF CHILD (HUMAN) DEVELOPMENT

Question 1

allows us to get our basic needs met. Freud believed that the id is based on the pleasure principle that is it wants immediate satisfaction, with no consideration for the reality of the situation. Id refers to the selfish, primitive, childish, pleasure-oriented part of the personality with no ability to delay gratification. Freud called the id the “true psychic reality” because it represents the inner world of subjective experience and has no knowledge of objective reality

Answer 1

Id

Question 2

As the child interacts more with the world, the ego begins to develop. The ego’s job is to meet the needs of the id, whilst taking into account the constraints of reality. The ego acknowledges that being impulsive or selfish can sometimes hurt us, so the id must be constrained (reality principle). Ego is the moderator between the id and superego which seeks compromises to pacify both. It can be viewed as our “sense of time and place”.

Answer 2

Ego

Question 3

develops during the phallic stage as a result of the moral constraints placed on us by our parents. It is generally believed that a strong superego serves to inhibit the biological instincts of the id (resulting in a high level of guilt), whereas a weak superego allows the id more expression-resulting in a low level of guilt. Superego internalizes society and parental standards of “good” and “bad”, “right” and “wrong” behavior.

Answer 3

Superego (Conscience of Man)