According to Freud, which element of personality does not care for moral values, society or other individuals ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Id
Option (1) Super ego — Incorrect. The superego is the moral branch of mental functioning; it tells the id and the ego whether a gratification is ethical. It is the part that cares most about moral values.
Option (2) Ego — Incorrect. The ego seeks to satisfy instinctual needs in accordance with reality; it works by the reality principle and directs the id towards more appropriate, socially acceptable ways of behaving.
Option (3) Id — Correct. The id is the source of a person’s instinctual energy. It deals with immediate gratification of primitive needs and works on the pleasure principle; id does not care for moral values, society, or other individuals.
Option (4) Libido — Incorrect. Libido is not a structure of personality but the instinctual life force that energises the id. The question asks for an element of personality.
NCERT (2025-26): “Structure of Personality … Id : It is the source of a person’s instinctual energy. It deals with immediate gratification of primitive needs, sexual desires and aggressive impulses. It works on the pleasure principle, which assumes that people seek pleasure and try to avoid pain. Freud considered much of a person’s instinctual energy to be sexual, and the rest as aggressive. Id does not care for moral values, society, or other individuals.…” “…Ego : It grows out of id, and seeks to satisfy an individual’s instinctual needs in accordance with reality. It works by the reality principle, and often directs the id towards more appropriate ways of behaving.…” “…Superego : The best way to characterise the superego is to think of it as the moral branch of mental functioning. The superego tells the id and the ego whether gratification in a particular instance is ethical.…” |