CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

FREUDS PERSONALITY THEORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Sarah knew that she could steal the supplies from work and no one would know about it. However, she knew that stealing was wrong, so she decided not to take anything even though she would probably never get caught. What is this an example of?
A
Superego
B
Ego
C
Dishonesty
D
Id
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sarah knew she could steal the supplies from work and no one would know about it. However, she knew that stealing was wrong, so she decided not to take anything even though she would probably never get caught. Maggie couldn’t remember the answer to test question #12, even though she had studied.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Other examples of the superego include: A woman feels an urge to steal office supplies from work. However, her superego counteracts this urge by focusing on the fact that such behaviors are wrong. A man realizes that the cashier at the store forgot to charge him for one of the items he had in his cart.

Detailed explanation-4: -Psychosexual development: Freud’s theory of psychosexual development posits that there are five stages of growth in which people’s personalities and sexual selves evolve. These phases are the oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latent stage, and genital stage.

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