pyschodynamic approach- the structure of personality Flashcards
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what are the 6 AO1 points you must know for must know for the structure of personality?
-Tripartite Model
-Id: Primitive Drive System
-Ego: Reality Manager
-Superego: Moral Conscience
-Dynamic Interaction
-Developmental Origins
What are the three components of Freud’s tripartite personality model?
The Id, Ego, and Superego—distinct systems that interact to shape behaviour and personality.
What is the Id and its principle?
The Id is the primitive, unconscious drive system present at birth, operating on the pleasure principle to seek immediate gratification of urges.
What is the Ego and its function?
The Ego develops around age 2, operates on the reality principle, mediates between Id demands, Superego moral constraints, and external reality using defence mechanisms.
What is the Superego and when does it form?
The Superego forms around age 5 by internalising parental/societal rules; it contains the ego-ideal (aspirations) and conscience (punishments for wrongdoing).
How do the Id, Ego, and Superego interact to produce a healthy personality?
A healthy personality results when the Ego successfully balances the Id’s pursuit of pleasure with the Superego’s moral demands, preventing intrapsychic conflict.
How are the psychosexual stages linked to the development of personality structures?
The Id is innate, the Ego emerges in the anal stage as reality awareness grows, and the Superego develops in the phallic stage via identification with the same-sex parent.
