Your friend finds out that you are studying child development and asks you whether his one-year-old should know "right" from "wrong" yet. Having just studied Freud, you tell your friend,
A)"Yes, infants are born with a superego."
B)"Maybe, babies usually develop a superego around one year of age."
C)"Probably not, as babies don't develop a superego until the preschool years."
D)"No, the superego does not emerge until adolescence."

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According to Freud's theory of psychosexual development, the superego is the moral part of the personality that develops around the ages of 3 to 5 years old. Therefore, it is unlikely that a one-year-old has developed a sense of right and wrong based on their superego. However, infants can learn through socialization and conditioning what behaviors are acceptable or not, which can lay the foundation for the development of their superego later on.

Your Friend Finds Out That You Are Studying Child Development