Hi everyone,
-Psychological Theory-
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to identify, understand, and differentiate between Freud’s concepts of the id, ego, superego, and their associated levels of consciousness.
Goal
In this activity, you will explore Chapter 14 of Psychology (Wade et al., 2015) which will help you to complete the provided end of unit quiz.
- Focus on Freud’s Theory of Personality.
- Understand and differentiate between consciousness, pre-conscious, and unconsciousness.
- Understand and differentiate between Freud’s conception of id, ego, and superego.
Scope
As you read Chapter 14, please consider the following questions:
- Does acknowledging the existence of unconscious forces matter? Is acknowledgement of the unconscious enough to resolve inner conflicts?
- What do you think Wade et al., (2015) means when he writes that our conscious intentions have less power over our personalities than our unconscious motives?
- Which defense mechanisms do you see occurring in your own behavior?
After you have completed the required reading, please view the attached quiz below, and re-visit the questions above in order to answer the quiz questions in your own words.
Note: it is also expected that you will provide brief examples of how you have used defense mechanisms in order to avoid conflict or anxiety in your own life.
Timings & Submission Location
It is expected that you complete the required Ch. 14 textbook reading by the end of Unit 2 with the completion of the attached quiz by the end of Unit 3. The reading and quiz should take you no longer than 3 hours to complete. Please submit the quiz into the drop box by the end of Week 3.
Conclusion
I enjoyed this assignment as it enabled me the opportunity to remix a piece of media I found through a Creative Commons search which re-routed me to Wikipedia Commons where I found this original piece of media below:
According to the Wikipedia Commons site, this piece of media is Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International which allowed me free reign to remix and adapt the image through the use of Paint 3D so long as I provided appropriate credit. I felt that by turning the original media into a quiz that I was able to not only add additional visual content pertaining to defense mechanisms but also challenging and self-reflective questions for the first-year psychology students to consider.
Best,
Carson 🙂
References
File: Diagram of Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality .WEBP. Wikimedia Commons. (n.d.). Retrieved February 15, 2022, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84506706#filelinks
Wade, C., Tavris, C., Saucier, D., & Elias, l. (2015). Psychology (4th Canadian ed). Pearson Canada.
