AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Sigmund Freud, the personalitystructure that reflects moral values is called the
A
id
B
ego
C
super ego
D
self
E
collective unconscious
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Freud, the superego is the social component of our personality that is represented by our conscience and is based on our ideal of perfection. According to Sigmund Freud, personality consists of the id, ego, and superego. These three parts work together to create a complete personality.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, the id is the primitive and instinctual part of the mind that contains sexual and aggressive drives and hidden memories, the super-ego operates as a moral conscience, and the ego is the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the id and the super-ego.

Detailed explanation-3: -ego, in psychoanalytic theory, that portion of the human personality which is experienced as the “self” or “I” and is in contact with the external world through perception.

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