Question

Dawud was at a party where pretty much everyone was intoxicated. although dawud would very much like to fit in with his peers at the party, he has been raised to believe that intoxication is wrong, and he can't bring himself to participate in the revelries. which part of dawud's personality, according to the psychodynamic model, has influenced dawud's choice to abstain from the drinking at the party?

Answer 1

The answer is, his "superego" has influenced his choice to abstain from the drinking at the party.

The superego is the moral segment of the identity and gives the ethical principles by which the ego works. The superego's reactions, forbiddances, and restraints shape a man's inner voice, and its positive desires and beliefs speak to one's admired mental self portrait, or "ego ideal”. Like in the given case Dawud is inclined towards intoxication but his superego which makes his moral and ethical component forbids this indulgence.

Answer 2

The correct answer is superego. 

According to Freud's psychodynamic theory, the human personality is made up of three components, known as: ig, ego, and superego. While the id is related to pleasure seeking and fulfilling primal needs, and the ego is related to fulfilling wishes in an acceptable manner, the superego is related to making moral judgments based on all the values and moral standards we have internalized.

In this instance, Dawud's superego influenced Dawud's choice to abstain from the drinking at the party since drinking alcohol would be going against his moral judgement and values.