PERSONALITY
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORIES
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The selfish evolutionary instincts that we are born with.
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The realistic decision maker.
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Our moral sense of right and wrong.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Definition: Ego. EGO: For Freud, the ego is “the representative of the outer world to the id” ("Ego and the Id” 708). In other words, the ego represents and enforces the reality-principle whereas the id is concerned only with the pleasure-principle.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ego operates based on the reality principle, which strives to satisfy the id’s desires in realistic and socially appropriate ways. The reality principle weighs the costs and benefits of an action before deciding to act upon or abandon impulses.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to Freud’s model, 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.