Counselling Theories Assessment 1 1. Explain the concept of nature versus nurture‚ using yourself as a case study to illustrate the theory. The concept of nature versus nurture is that human behaviour is influenced by genetic information inherited from our parents and also by environmental and social influences. My appearance such as short sightedness and pigmentation (freckles) I inherited from my parents. This means like my father I must wear glasses to drive and many other aspects of my
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that we are always free. Freud begins by claiming that there are 3 entities that make up our actions: the Id‚ Ego‚ and SuperEgo. The Id is our natural instinct‚ which acts upon its need for immediate gratification; it knows what it wants‚ and it wants it now. The Ego is our rationality‚ the part of our self that is self-aware‚ and ultimately decides what we do. The superego is the Tyrant that is constantly battling our Id‚ basically what society has established as acceptable social conduct. With
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Freud’s theory. Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality states that personality is composed of three elements known as the Superego‚ Ego‚ and the Id. The Id is operated by the pleasure principle‚ and always wants to satisfy its desires immediately. The Ego is driven by the principle of reality and works to satisfy the desires of the Id in a socially appropriate way. The Superego provides a sense of right and wrong‚ and the ability to make sensible judgments. According
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Princes Diana from psychodynamic perspective. Freud suggested the personality was formed from the interplay of three forces: the id‚ the ego‚ and the superego. He believed that neurosis‚ a kind of mental disorder involving emotional problems in everyday living‚ decreased from person’s inability to exchange the drives of the id with the demands of the superego. Princes Diana’s life was very complicated‚ highly conflicted and dysfunctional. Diana’s ID: From childhood she suffered from borderline personality
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this model‚ Freud separated the human psyche into three parts: the conscious‚ the preconscious‚ and the unconscious. And the later version of this model is called tripartite model that divides the psyche into three parts: the id‚ the ego‚ and the superego. The id is the irrational‚ instinctual‚ unknown‚ unconscious part of the psyche‚ which contains our secret desires‚ our darkest wishes and our most intense fears. The id wishes only to fulfill the urges of the pleasure principle. And it houses the
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discovered the id‚ ego‚ and superego as well as the three levels of the mind‚ being the conscious‚ preconscious‚ and most importantly the unconscious to explain why we are the way we are. The id‚ ego‚ and superego help to develop personality. The way in which these interact will determine how someone will act in their lives‚ for example if a child is hungry‚ will he scream until he is fed of will he wait patiently? The id is responsible for the basic drives while the superego is the moral principle‚
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based on Sigmund Freud’s structural model of the psyche which identifies the id‚ the ego and the superego as the three theoretical constructs in terms of whose activity and interaction mental life is described. According to such model‚ the irrational‚ instinctual trends of the mind are the id; the rational‚ realistic part of the psyche is the ego; and its critical and moralizing function is the superego. By applying such Freudian concepts to Tom Ripley‚ the protagonist in Patricia Highsmith’s The
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Freud’s main argument in a Civilization and It’s Discontents states that the humans mind is divided into three main parts‚ the ego‚ superego‚ and id. These three parts are constantly trying to overpower us‚ but we must find equilibrium in order to live in a functional society‚ and because of this ongoing battle with oneself‚ Freud does not think people have control over society. The discontent is created because people have to repress their natural instincts‚ thus making violence a part of the human
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satisfied‚ the Superego is left crying for help. The Superego buried in Peter is portrayed through Aunt May: “[Uncle Ben] would not want us living for one second with revenge in our hearts. It’s like a poison. It can take you over. Before you know it‚ it can turn us into something ugly”(Raimi). As the good in Peter arises‚ the duality of his actions becomes apparent. The sense of duality in Peter’s personality is created by the continuous contrast between the actions of his id and superego. His duality
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not for the superego‚ man would break those laws. Based on Plato’s recording of the dialogue in the Crito‚ Socrates would completely disagree with this claim. According to Socrates‚ laws are what allow the state to exist‚ and the state exists to serve its people‚ therefore any person living within the state should want to follow the law‚ as it would only benefit them. These are the core values which Socrates has lived his life by‚ and in Freudian terms‚ this simply means Socrates’ superego has been
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