Cassandra Davidson-Bryant
Professor Shuktika Chatterjee
PHIL 102 Sec 1032
29 October 2017
A Lesson Learned The purpose of sharing this story is to demonstrate the importance of Critical Thinking and Moral Behavior, which I feel everyone can relate to. When my twin granddaughters were three years old, I took them with me to do some grocery shopping in one of Brooklyn’s largest food markets. After spending two hours or more in the store, it was time to check out. Once outside, I noticed that my granddaughter was hiding something behind her back and would not allow me to see what it was. At no point in time did I notice anything amiss with either one of them. After a few minutes of asking her to let me see what she had, I finally …show more content…
According to Sigmund Freud, the human personality is a very complex thing and it has more than a single component, his theory of personality is composed of three elements the id, the ego, and the superego that work together. Going back to the story, my granddaughter “id” was I need that candy bar and I want it now which was driven by the pleasure principle, the desires, wants, and needs. “Ego” when the component of personality for dealing with reality was I’m not getting that candy bar. The superego It was wrong and to ask if I want something which is the ethical method that provides the moral standards by which the ego operates. According to Freud's theory, the superego is the last component of personality to develop.The id is the basic, primal part of personality, that is present from birth. Next, the ego begins to develop during the first three years of a child's life. Finally, the superego starts to emerge around the age of five. The ideals that contribute to the formation of the superego include not just the morals and values that we have learned from our parents, but also the ideas of right and wrong that we acquire from society and the culture in which we
Professor Shuktika Chatterjee
PHIL 102 Sec 1032
29 October 2017
A Lesson Learned The purpose of sharing this story is to demonstrate the importance of Critical Thinking and Moral Behavior, which I feel everyone can relate to. When my twin granddaughters were three years old, I took them with me to do some grocery shopping in one of Brooklyn’s largest food markets. After spending two hours or more in the store, it was time to check out. Once outside, I noticed that my granddaughter was hiding something behind her back and would not allow me to see what it was. At no point in time did I notice anything amiss with either one of them. After a few minutes of asking her to let me see what she had, I finally …show more content…
According to Sigmund Freud, the human personality is a very complex thing and it has more than a single component, his theory of personality is composed of three elements the id, the ego, and the superego that work together. Going back to the story, my granddaughter “id” was I need that candy bar and I want it now which was driven by the pleasure principle, the desires, wants, and needs. “Ego” when the component of personality for dealing with reality was I’m not getting that candy bar. The superego It was wrong and to ask if I want something which is the ethical method that provides the moral standards by which the ego operates. According to Freud's theory, the superego is the last component of personality to develop.The id is the basic, primal part of personality, that is present from birth. Next, the ego begins to develop during the first three years of a child's life. Finally, the superego starts to emerge around the age of five. The ideals that contribute to the formation of the superego include not just the morals and values that we have learned from our parents, but also the ideas of right and wrong that we acquire from society and the culture in which we