AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -When an individual is met with feelings of guilt or shame, it is likely because of this part of the psyche. According to this theory, self-esteem acts as a psychological buffer against the pervasive general anxiety all human beings feel when faced with the knowledge of their own inevitable death.

Detailed explanation-2: -The superego is part of the psyche that is partly conscious. It represents the rules of society, functions to reward and punish through a system of moral attitudes, and has a sense of guilt.

Detailed explanation-3: -The superego develops during the first five years of life in response to parental punishment and approval. This development occurs as a result of the child’s internalization of his parents’ moral standards, a process greatly aided by a tendency to identify with the parents.

Detailed explanation-4: -The superego persuades the ego to choose moral behavior and strive for perfection by offering punishments and rewards. For example, if the ego gives in to id demands, the superego may make you feel bad through guilt.

Detailed explanation-5: -Building on his earlier ideas, Freud operationally defined the superego in The Ego and the Id (1923). The superego is composed of two parts: the conscience and the ego ideal. In a general sense, the conscience is a punitive, negative agent, and the ego ideal functions as an agent of reward.