5.5.2 Structure of Personality

• The superego uses the conscience to punish immoral behavior.
• What does the ego strive to balance in personality?

  Id's desires with superego
• Match the defense mechanism with its description:

  Repression ↔️ Blocking painful thoughts from awareness

  Denial ↔️ Refusing to accept threatening reality

  Projection ↔️ Attributing unacceptable feelings to others

  Displacement ↔️ Redirecting impulses to a safer target

  Regression ↔️ Returning to earlier development stages
• Repression is a defense mechanism that blocks painful thoughts from awareness.
• The psychodynamic approach posits that personality is structured into the id, ego, and superego.
• The psychodynamic approach posits that personality is structured into three components: the Id, the Ego, and the Superego
• What principle does the Id operate on?

  Pleasure principle
• The Ego operates on the reality principle and mediates between the Id and Superego.
• The Superego internalizes societal and parental moral standards, striving for perfection
• What principle does the Ego operate on?

  Reality principle
• Match the component of personality with its primary goal or function:

  Id ↔️ Immediate gratification

  Ego ↔️ Balances desires with reality

  Superego ↔️ Moral perfection
• Who developed the psychodynamic approach to personality?

  Sigmund Freud
• Arrange the components of personality according to their primary focus or function:

  1️⃣ Id - Pleasure principle

  2️⃣ Ego - Reality principle

  3️⃣ Superego - Moral imperatives
• The Ego seeks to balance the needs of the Id with societal expectations
• What does the Id seek immediate gratification without considering?

  Reality or moral standards
• The Ego operates on the reality principle and mediates between the Id and Superego.
• The Ego mediates between the Id and Superego, operating on the reality principle.
• What are the three components of personality according to Freud's psychodynamic approach?

  Id, Ego, Superego
• The id operates on the pleasure principle.
• The ego operates on the reality principle.
• What is the primary goal of the superego?

  Moral perfection
• The ego balances the id's desires with societal expectations through the superego.
• The id seeks immediate gratification without considering reality or moral standards.
• Which principle does the ego operate on?

  Reality principle
• The superego guides behavior toward moral perfection.
• Which principle does the ego operate on?

  Reality principle
• Match the real-life scenario with the corresponding function of the id, ego, and superego:

  Ordering Dessert ↔️ Id: Desires extravagant treat ||| Ego: Chooses balanced dessert ||| Superego: Reminds to eat healthy

  Helping a Friend ↔️ Id: Feels compelled to solve problem directly ||| Ego: Provides practical support ||| Superego: Urges ethical actions