CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The ego is the largely conscious controller or decision-maker of personality. The ego serves as the intermediary between the desires of the id and the constraints of society contained in the superego (Figure 12.8, “Ego, Id, and Superego in Interaction”).

Detailed explanation-2: -The ego develops in order to mediate between the unrealistic id and the external real world. It is the decision-making component of personality.

Detailed explanation-3: -ego, in psychoanalytic theory, that portion of the human personality which is experienced as the “self” or “I” and is in contact with the external world through perception.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The superego plays an important role in decision-making and judgments. Freud suggested that the superego is made up of two components: The conscience: This is the part of the superego concerned with things that are considered bad, inappropriate, or immoral.