Assumption 3- Tripartite personality

Question 1

What is the id?

Answer 1

The id is part of the unconscious and operates on the ‘pleasure principle’. The id seeks satisfaction at all costs and is not capable of logical thinking or morality

Question 2

What is the ego?

Answer 2

Develops to meet the demands of the id in a socially acceptable way. Is a conscious part of our personality and operates on the ‘reality principle’

Question 3

What is the superego?

Answer 3

Part of the unconscious and operates on the ‘morality principle’. Acts as the individuals conscious and has a sense of what is right and wrong

Question 4

When does the id develop, what is the key principle and area of the mind?

Answer 4

• present from birth
• Pleasure principle
• Unconscious

Question 5

When does the ego develop, what is the key principle and area of the mind?

Answer 5

• Develops around age 2-3
• Reality principle
• Conscious

Question 6

When does the superego develop, what is the key principle and area of the mind?

Answer 6

• Develops around the age of 5
• Morality principle
• Unconscious