Question

As a child Dan loved to prance around the neighborhood wearing silly outfits. As he got older he realized that he couldn't continue that kind of behavior unless he found some way for it to be viewed as more socially acceptable. Having realized this Dan decided to pursue a career as a circus clown. According to Freud Dan's _____, which operates on the _____ principle, is responsible for finding a socially acceptable outlet for his desire to run around wearing silly outfits.

Answer 1

Answer:

Ego and Reality

Explanation :

Sigmund Freud was a personality psychologist. He worked on personality. He purposed a psycho-analytical approach. Freud stressed on se-xuality. Personality gets to be fixated if a person gets stuck in childhood fixation at the developmental stage. Freud gives psycho-se-xual developmental stages.  

• Oral
• A-nal
• Phallic
• Latency
• Genital

He has proposed three personality

Id, Work on the pleasure- seeking principle

Ego,  Reality based principle

Superego, Morality based principle