AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES AND PSYCHOANALYSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Freud, What keeps a person from stealing?
A
Ego
B
Superego
C
Id
D
Collective unconsious
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -superego. According to Sigmund Freud, the part of the psyche that stops a person from stealing is the? projection. Thinking that someone is angry at you when in reality you are angry at yourself is called. displacement.

Detailed explanation-2: -Freud believed that the superego acts as the conscience that encourages the individual to meet society’s moral demands. The superego develops primarily from parental instructions and rules, and encourages the individual to rise above his or her base instincts and drives. It works in direct counterbalance to the id.

Detailed explanation-3: -Psychotherapy: A Healing Relationship This is where psychotherapy and psychoanalysis can often be helpful. A psychotherapist or psychoanalyst will be able to listen for the different manifestations of the harsh superego and help point out the different ways it can have a negative impact.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex as Superego Several studies have consistently linked moral judgment with the cortical region of the brain known as the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC). This area of the brain has reciprocal neural connections with the amygdala and is intimately bound up with emotional control.

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