AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The primary action of the superego is to suppress entirely any urges or desires of the id that are considered wrong or socially unacceptable. It also tries to force the ego to act morally rather than realistically. Finally, the superego strives for moral perfections, without taking reality into account.

Detailed explanation-2: -The superego is the ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates. The superego’s criticisms, prohibitions, and inhibitions form a person’s conscience, and its positive aspirations and ideals represent one’s idealized self-image, or “ego ideal.”

Detailed explanation-3: -The superego is one of three components comprising personality, operating as our conscience, and advising what is wrong through guilt. The primary function of the superego is to inform the ego of moral considerations, curb the id of unacceptable desires, and promote perfectionistic standards of behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -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. The conscience is made up of prohibitions, and includes information about things that are viewed as bad by parents and society.

Detailed explanation-5: -The ego is the only part of the conscious personality. It’s what the person is aware of when they think about themselves, and is what they usually try to project toward others. The ego develops to mediate between the unrealistic id and the external real world. It is the decision-making component of personality.