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Category: Psychology
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According to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality,
personality is composed of three elements. These three elements of
personality--known as the id, the ego and the superego--work together
to create complex human behaviors.
The id is the only component of personality that is present from
birth. This aspect of personality is entirely unconscious and includes
of the instinctive and primitive behaviors. According to Freud, the id
is the source of all psychic energy, making it the primary component
of personality.
The id is driven by the pleasure principle, which strives for
immediate gratification of all desires, wants, and needs. If these
needs are not satisfied immediately, the result is a state anxiety or
tension. For example, an increase in hunger or thirst should produce
an immediate attempt to eat or drink. The id is very important early
in life, because it ensures that an infant's needs are met. If the
infant is hungry or uncomfortable, he or she will cry until the
demands of the id are met.
However, immediately satisfying these needs is not always realistic or
even possible. If we were ruled entirely by the pleasure principle, we
might find ourselves grabbing things we want out of other people's
hands to satisfy our own cravings. This sort of behavior would be both
disruptive and socially unacceptable. According to Freud, the id tries
to resolve the tension created by the pleasure principle through the
primary process, which involves forming a mental image of the desired
object as a way of satisfying the need.
The ego is the component of personality that is responsible for
dealing with reality. According to Freud, the ego develops from the id
and ensures that the impulses of the id can be expressed in a manner
acceptable in the real world. The ego functions in both the conscious,
preconscious, and unconscious mind.
The ego operates based on the reality principle, which strives to
satisfy the id's desires in realistic and socially appropriate ways.
The reality principle weighs the costs and benefits of an action
before deciding to act upon or abandon impulses. In many cases, the
id's impulses can be satisfied through a process of delayed
gratification--the ego will eventually allow the behavior, but only in
the appropriate time and place.
The ego also discharges tension created by unmet impulses through the
secondary process, in which the ego tries to find an object in the
real world that matches the mental image created by the id's primary
process.
The last component of personality to develop is the superego. The
superego is the aspect of personality that holds all of our
internalized moral standards and ideals that we acquire from both
parents and society--our sense of right and wrong. The superego
provides guidelines for making judgments. According to Freud, the
superego begins to emerge at around age five.
There are two parts of the superego:
1. The ego ideal includes the rules and standards for good
behaviors. These behaviors include those which are approved of by
parental and other authority figures. Obeying these rules leads to
feelings of pride, value and accomplishment.
2. The conscience includes information about things that are viewed
as bad by parents and society. These behaviors are often forbidden and
lead to bad consequences, punishments or feelings of guilt and
remorse.
The superego acts to perfect and civilize our behavior. It works to
suppress all unacceptable urges of the id and struggles to make the
ego act upon idealistic standards rather that upon realistic
principles. The superego is present in the conscious, preconscious and
unconscious.
With so many competing forces, it is easy to see how conflict might
arise between the id, ego and superego. Freud used the term ego
strength to refer to the ego's ability to function despite these
dueling forces. A person with good ego strength is able to effectively
manage these pressures, while those with too much or too little ego
strength can become too unyielding or too disrupting.
According to Freud, the key to a healthy personality is a balance
between the id, the ego, and the superego.
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Courtesy: http://psychology.about.com
Have a nice day!
Thanks & Regards,
Siva Sankaran B
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experience!
Hi,
Category: Psychology
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According to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality,
personality is composed of three elements. These three elements of
personality--known as the id, the ego and the superego--work together
to create complex human behaviors.
The id is the only component of personality that is present from
birth. This aspect of personality is entirely unconscious and includes
of the instinctive and primitive behaviors. According to Freud, the id
is the source of all psychic energy, making it the primary component
of personality.
The id is driven by the pleasure principle, which strives for
immediate gratification of all desires, wants, and needs. If these
needs are not satisfied immediately, the result is a state anxiety or
tension. For example, an increase in hunger or thirst should produce
an immediate attempt to eat or drink. The id is very important early
in life, because it ensures that an infant's needs are met. If the
infant is hungry or uncomfortable, he or she will cry until the
demands of the id are met.
However, immediately satisfying these needs is not always realistic or
even possible. If we were ruled entirely by the pleasure principle, we
might find ourselves grabbing things we want out of other people's
hands to satisfy our own cravings. This sort of behavior would be both
disruptive and socially unacceptable. According to Freud, the id tries
to resolve the tension created by the pleasure principle through the
primary process, which involves forming a mental image of the desired
object as a way of satisfying the need.
The ego is the component of personality that is responsible for
dealing with reality. According to Freud, the ego develops from the id
and ensures that the impulses of the id can be expressed in a manner
acceptable in the real world. The ego functions in both the conscious,
preconscious, and unconscious mind.
The ego operates based on the reality principle, which strives to
satisfy the id's desires in realistic and socially appropriate ways.
The reality principle weighs the costs and benefits of an action
before deciding to act upon or abandon impulses. In many cases, the
id's impulses can be satisfied through a process of delayed
gratification--the ego will eventually allow the behavior, but only in
the appropriate time and place.
The ego also discharges tension created by unmet impulses through the
secondary process, in which the ego tries to find an object in the
real world that matches the mental image created by the id's primary
process.
The last component of personality to develop is the superego. The
superego is the aspect of personality that holds all of our
internalized moral standards and ideals that we acquire from both
parents and society--our sense of right and wrong. The superego
provides guidelines for making judgments. According to Freud, the
superego begins to emerge at around age five.
There are two parts of the superego:
1. The ego ideal includes the rules and standards for good
behaviors. These behaviors include those which are approved of by
parental and other authority figures. Obeying these rules leads to
feelings of pride, value and accomplishment.
2. The conscience includes information about things that are viewed
as bad by parents and society. These behaviors are often forbidden and
lead to bad consequences, punishments or feelings of guilt and
remorse.
The superego acts to perfect and civilize our behavior. It works to
suppress all unacceptable urges of the id and struggles to make the
ego act upon idealistic standards rather that upon realistic
principles. The superego is present in the conscious, preconscious and
unconscious.
With so many competing forces, it is easy to see how conflict might
arise between the id, ego and superego. Freud used the term ego
strength to refer to the ego's ability to function despite these
dueling forces. A person with good ego strength is able to effectively
manage these pressures, while those with too much or too little ego
strength can become too unyielding or too disrupting.
According to Freud, the key to a healthy personality is a balance
between the id, the ego, and the superego.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Courtesy: http://psychology.about.com
Have a nice day!
Thanks & Regards,
Siva Sankaran B
Disclaimer: Please use Google Chrome to have a better reading
experience!
Vandana Singh
Oct 14, 2011, 4:53:26 AM10/14/11
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Hi folks,
the class will be from 10 to 1 on Saturday.
Please make sure that you come for the class.
Regards,
Vandana.
the class will be from 10 to 1 on Saturday.
Please make sure that you come for the class.
Regards,
Vandana.
Vandana Singh
Oct 14, 2011, 4:54:41 AM10/14/11
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Shiva,
please do not miss any more class. We are going to cover geometry on Sunday as saturday you have verbal class.
Regards,
Vandana.
please do not miss any more class. We are going to cover geometry on Sunday as saturday you have verbal class.
Regards,
Vandana.
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Amit Shivhare
Oct 14, 2011, 5:02:35 AM10/14/11
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Hi Vanadana,
On Saturday(tomorrow) what time do we have class ?
Thanks,
Amit
Vandana Singh
Oct 14, 2011, 6:28:54 AM10/14/11
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It is from 10 to 1.
See you in class.
See you in class.
siva sankaran
Oct 14, 2011, 11:30:47 AM10/14/11
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Vandana,
I will attend the classes tomorrow.
Have a nice day!
Thanks & Regards,
Siva Sankaran B
I will attend the classes tomorrow.
Have a nice day!
Thanks & Regards,
Siva Sankaran B
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Vandana Singh <vandanas...@gmail.com> wrote:
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