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Title: FREUDIAN PSYCHOLOGY


1
FREUDIAN PSYCHOLOGY
  • An Introduction to the
  • Major Components, Part 3
  • Id, Ego, Superego

2
Tension of Opposites Revisited
  • Initially, Freud was only able to state that
    human beings experienced (and sometimes suffered
    from) a tension of opposites (pleasure vs.
    reality principles).
  • He didnt yet know why or how repression occurred.

3
Id, Ego, and Superego
  • WHY Freud eventually hypothesized that the mind
    engaged in repression as a defense mechanism.
  • HOW He deduced that the inhibiting, safety
    conscious aspect of human personality (the part
    that conforms to the Reality Principle) caused
    the repression. This aspect of the psyche Freud
    termed the Ego, while the source of the urges he
    called the Id.

4
Id
  • Comes to us at birth fully formed
  • Consists of primary urges, which have a sensual
    basis ? hunger, thirst, sexual pleasure.
  • In infancy, our psyches are entirely Id, but once
    we become aware of an external reality (and this
    occurs very early on), the Id is forced to
    modify.
  • Id External Reality ? Ego

5
Ego
  • Includes both a conscious and an unconscious
    element
  • acts as a guide
  • is adaptable to changing circumstances
  • has repressive tendencies, as needed (defensive),
    which are entirely unconscious.

6
Super-Ego
  • The little voice inside of us that tells us
    right from wrong.
  • introjected and internalized parental authority
    (a hyper-conscience)
  • stems directly from the Oedipal stage of
    development
  • engages in self-critical activities
  • severity depends upon the violence of the
    persons own unconscious feelings in early infancy
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