AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The superego is also somewhat tricky, in that it will try to portray what it wants the person to do in grandiose, glowing terms, what Freud called the ego-ideal, which arises out of the person’s first great love attachment (usually a parent).

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -According to Freud, the ego (unlike the id), evaluates and weighs up the situation before any behaviour can be actioned. The ego therefore provides opportunities for reflecting upon the drives and for planning the satisfaction of the drives.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hypnosis helped Freud develop a theory that shaped the history of psychology. Freud posited the mind has three parts: the Id, the Ego, and the Superego.