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Freud

The document presents an activity designed for TOPSS members to explore Freud's personality components: Id, Ego, and Superego through situational descriptions. It includes two scenarios involving characters Mary and Tom, highlighting their internal conflicts and resolutions. An answer key is provided to explain how each character's Id, Ego, and Superego interact in their decision-making processes.

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Freud

The document presents an activity designed for TOPSS members to explore Freud's personality components: Id, Ego, and Superego through situational descriptions. It includes two scenarios involving characters Mary and Tom, highlighting their internal conflicts and resolutions. An answer key is provided to explain how each character's Id, Ego, and Superego interact in their decision-making processes.

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From a TOPSS unit lesson plan on Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Theory, published by the American Psychological Association in 2008.

This activity is intended for TOPSS members for use in their classes. Any further use requires additional APA permission.

activity 3:
id, ego, superego
identification activity

Instructions 27
Read the following situational descriptions and identify which of Freud’s
personality components are at work here.

Situation 1
Mary has been studying for weeks for the final exam in calculus. The test is
Monday. On Friday afternoon her boyfriend, Paul, tells her that he has tickets
for the Saturday and Sunday performances of the annual Shakespeare Festival.
Mary loves Shakespeare and would really like to spend time with Paul but feels
guilty and anxious about it because she must continue to study for the exam.
She eventually realizes that she can tell Paul that she must study on Saturday,
but would love to go with him on Sunday.

Situation 2
Tom has just gotten his driver’s license. His parents allow him to drive to and
from school, but nowhere else before or after. His friends want him to drive them
to the video arcade on the way home, which is about 2 miles out of his way. Tom
feels nervous at first, and then starts thinking how mean his friends’ suggestion
is and that he should find new friends who won’t ask him to break rules.

activity 3 continued on next page


From a TOPSS unit lesson plan on Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Theory, published by the American Psychological Association in 2008.
This activity is intended for TOPSS members for use in their classes. Any further use requires additional APA permission.
activity 3 continued from previous page

Activity 3: Answer Key

Situation 1
Mary’s Id wants her to go with Paul all weekend, since she loves Shakespeare
and wants to spend time with Paul. Her Superego wants her to study all
weekend for her calculus final exam. Her Ego is able to reconcile the Id and
Superego by allowing her to study on Saturday and attend the performance on
Sunday.

Situation 2
Tom feels a conflict between his wish to accommodate his friends, his wish for
his parents’ approval, and his moral Superego need to be honest and do the
right thing. The best compromise his Ego is able to come up with is to think
about finding different friends; a person with a stronger Ego might find a better
compromise.

Adapted From
This activity was developed by teachers and the National Science Foundation
Summer Institute at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1992, under the
leadership of Dr. Ludy Benjamin.

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