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1 Psychological Aspects
of Lord of the Flies

2 Sigmund Freud’s Basic Elements of Personality
SUPEREGO EGO ID

3 ID Dominated by the PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
Demands immediate gratification of desires regardless of undesirable effects Equated with the unconscious (“Id”)

4 EGO Dominated by the REALITY PRINCIPLE Evolves from id
Suppresses inappropriate desires (“Ego”)

5 SUPEREGO Dominated by morality, spirituality, ethical principle
Serves as the censor on the ego’s functions Comprises the ideals derived from the values of family and society The source of guilt and fear of punishment (“Superego”)

6 Lawrence Kohlberg’s Levels and Stages of Moral Development
Preconventional Morality Conventional Morality Postconventional Morality (“Kohlberg’s Levels and Stages”)

7 Preconventional Morality Moral value resides in a person’s own needs and wants
Stage 1 Obedience and Punishment Orientation Moral judgment is motivated by a need to avoid punishment Stage 2 Instrumental-Relativist Orientation Moral judgment is motivated by a need to satisfy own desires (“Kohlberg’s Levels and Stages”)

8 Conventional Morality Moral values reside in performing good or right roles, in maintaining the convention order, and in pleasing others Stage 3 “Good Boy/Girl” Orientation Moral judgment is motivated by a need to avoid rejection or disapproval from others Stage 4 Law and Order Orientation Moral judgment is motivated by a need to not be criticized by a true authority figure (“Kohlberg’s Levels and Stages”)

9 Postconventional Morality Moral values reside in principles.
Stage 5 Legalistic Orientation Moral judgment is motivated by community respect for all, respecting social order, and living under legally determined law Stage 6 Universal, Ethical Orientation Moral judgment is motivated by one’s own conscience (“Kohlberg’s Levels and Stages”)

10 Simon Piggy Ralph Jack/Roger

11 Works Cited “Ego,” Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. “Id,” Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. “Superego,” Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. “Lawrence Kohlberg’s Levels and Stages of Moral Development.” Pepperdine University. 28 September 2000 <


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