Sigmund Freud's Psychodynamic Approach
Theoretical Framework As stated from the website of philosophy.about.com, "Honesty requires an understanding of how our actions do or do not fit within rules and expectations of the Other- where the latter stands for any person we feel obliged to report to, including ourselves." In order to understand such actions, one must know the origin of the concept of understanding.
Sigmund Freud's personality theory, the Classical Psychoanalysis, will help to strengthen this study, through explaining the reasons behind human behaviors, particularly, the honesty. According to Freud, human beings are biological organisms motivated by the satisfaction of bodily needs. All human behaviors also have a reason. By this, mind is made up of the Id, which follows the …show more content…
The superego acts unconsciously to restrict, prohibit, or judge the conscious activity. In order to obtain pleasure or reduce pain, a child learns to identify the consequences in every situation, and at the same time, considers the moral views of his or her parents (Tria and Limpingco, 2006).
The superego is divided into two. The first one is Conscience, where the internalized experiences of the child is punished, and the other one is the Ego-ideal, where the internalized experiences of the child is rewarded (Tria and Limpingco, 2006). This part of Freud's theory figures out the way individuals think if they are faced in a situation like temptations, which can be found beneficial in this study.
On the study of Mazar, Amir and Ariely, 'The Dishonesty of Honest People: A Theory of Self-Concept Maintenance', the 'Theory of Self-Concept Maintenance' is included, which explains that, "People are often torn between two competing motivations: gaining from cheating versus maintaining their positive self-concept as honest individuals (Aronson 1969; Harris, Mussen, and Rutherford 1976)." Moreover, the researchers of the
Sigmund Freud's personality theory, the Classical Psychoanalysis, will help to strengthen this study, through explaining the reasons behind human behaviors, particularly, the honesty. According to Freud, human beings are biological organisms motivated by the satisfaction of bodily needs. All human behaviors also have a reason. By this, mind is made up of the Id, which follows the …show more content…
The superego acts unconsciously to restrict, prohibit, or judge the conscious activity. In order to obtain pleasure or reduce pain, a child learns to identify the consequences in every situation, and at the same time, considers the moral views of his or her parents (Tria and Limpingco, 2006).
The superego is divided into two. The first one is Conscience, where the internalized experiences of the child is punished, and the other one is the Ego-ideal, where the internalized experiences of the child is rewarded (Tria and Limpingco, 2006). This part of Freud's theory figures out the way individuals think if they are faced in a situation like temptations, which can be found beneficial in this study.
On the study of Mazar, Amir and Ariely, 'The Dishonesty of Honest People: A Theory of Self-Concept Maintenance', the 'Theory of Self-Concept Maintenance' is included, which explains that, "People are often torn between two competing motivations: gaining from cheating versus maintaining their positive self-concept as honest individuals (Aronson 1969; Harris, Mussen, and Rutherford 1976)." Moreover, the researchers of the