Sigmund Freud - Id, Ego and Superego
Id - The primitive and instinctive component of
a person’s personality, has all the inherited/ biological components of
personality. It is the impulsive and unconscious part of the psyche which
responds to the instincts.
Operates on the pleasure principle which Freud
describes as being that every wishful impulse should be acted upon so that we
feel pleasure.
Ego – Part of the id which is
influenced by the external world. The ego maintains the subconscious id and the
real world, it is the decision making part of the personality. The ego operates
on the reality principle which works out ways that the id’s demands can be met
in a more realistic way.
Superego – incorporates moral values learned
from experience, controls the id’s impulses that could be looked down upon such
as sex and aggression. Behaviour that falls short to the consciousness ideal
self could be punished through the feeling of guilt.
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