re: Developing a personally validated conscience

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my friend has passed his Id stage of the conscience, yet still is reliant upon others to build up his superego,

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I think your friend needs to study Freud a little better. The Id is the part of him that wants instant gratification. You don't actually get past it, you learn to control it.

The superego, his conscience, is actually his morality and what he is probably referring to when talking about the Catholic teachings and Catechism.

The ego is the adult, mature part of him that understands that he can't always act on impulse and that he will never be perfect.

The Myers-Briggs is a personality inventory. Personality doesn't typically change over time, barring some type of traumatic brain injury. Lying to change the results doesn't actually change his personality. You can only keep that under wraps for so long.