AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Freud which area of the minds holds what you should do?
A
Ego
B
Id
C
Superego
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The superego is a part of the unconscious that is the voice of conscience (doing what is right) and the source of self-criticism.

Detailed explanation-2: -superego, in the psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud, the latest developing of three agencies (with the id and ego) of the human personality. The superego is the ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates.

Detailed explanation-3: -The superego is present in the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The superego not only controls the id and its impulses towards societal taboos, like sex and aggression, it also attempts to get the ego to go beyond realistic standards and aspire to moralistic ones. The superego works at both conscious and unconscious levels.

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