Personality - Psychoanalysis
12 important questions on Personality - Psychoanalysis
How many levels are there in the iceberg analogy by Freud? And what are they?
1. Conscious
2. Preconscious
3. Unconscious
What is the first level of the conscious?
What is the second level of the preconscious?
- Higher grades + faster learning
- Never study anything twice
- 100% sure, 100% understanding
What is the third level of the unconscious?
Repressed/ blocked these from unconscious and preconscious because it is too difficult to deal with
According to Freud, how much of the unconscious makes up our mind?
Which level did personality stem from
What is the Id about? Which level did it exist in? Which principle does it operate by?
What is the ego about? Which level did it exist in? Which principle does it operate by?
Reality principle
mediates demands of id and superego
What is the superego about? Which level did it exist in? Which principle does it operate by? When does it develop
Mainly in the unconscious
Morality Principle
What did Freud believe in? (where did human personality arise from)
- Aggressive, pleasure-seeking biological urges vs internalized social control
2. Efforts to resolve this basic conflict. Want to express impulses in ways that will bring satisfaction without guilt.
From Id, Ego and Superego, which develops last?
Difference between ego and superego
Superego: Based more on morals
The question on the page originate from the summary of the following study material:
- A unique study and practice tool
- Never study anything twice again
- Get the grades you hope for
- 100% sure, 100% understanding