As a teenage daughter of divorced parents, Kelly has always been impulsive and thoughtless. After a near-death experience, she b
egins considering other people’s feelings and feels remorse for her earlier actions. In the context of Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, Kelly is most likely experiencing a strengthening of her _______
The superego is responsible for installing values and morals of society in us.
The superego helps us control those impulses which are brought by the id part of our personality especially those impulses which are socially unacceptable. It also trains the ego to engage in moral goals rather than just realistic goals and to always work towards achieving perfection.
The superego is made up of our conscience and our ideal self.
It helps us feel guilt if we indulge in forbidden pleasures. It also equip us with the ability to treat others right and behave in a way that is social accepted.
This is what we see in Kelly , after a near death experience he starts to have remorse for her previous actions and start considering other people's feelings.
