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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud. Id, Ego, Super Ego. Freud . Background. Life May 6 1856- September 23 1939 Austrian Neurologist Father of psychoanalysis Believed in Free Association Dream Analysis Looked deeply into the human psyche

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Sigmund Freud

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  1. Sigmund Freud Id, Ego, Super Ego

  2. Freud

  3. Background • Life May 6 1856- September 23 1939 • Austrian Neurologist • Father of psychoanalysis • Believed in Free Association • Dream Analysis • Looked deeply into the human psyche • Psyche: the mental or psychological structure of a person, especially as a motive force.

  4. Id • Present from birth • Entirely unconscious— instinctive and primitive • Childlike • Driven by pleasure principle • Strives for immediate gratification • If this is not satisfied immediately anxiety or tension sets in. • Example: Infant will cry until needs are met • If the Id’s needs were always met society would be chaos.

  5. Ego • Part of a person’s personality that deals with reality. • Develops from the Id • Develops to help the Id express needs in an acceptable manner • Both in conscious and unconscious mind • Works on reality principle • Weighs costs and benefits of acting on impulses • Works to delay gratification • It will allow the behavior to happen but only in the appropriate place

  6. Super Ego • Holds all of our internalized moral standards and ideals that we acquire from both parents and society • Our sense of right and wrong • The Ego Ideal • Includes the rules and standards for good behaviors. • Approved of by parental and other authority figures. • Obeying these rules leads to feelings of pride, value and accomplishment. • 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.

  7. Super Ego • 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 set standards rather that upon realistic principles. • The superego is present in the conscious and unconscious. • According to Freud, the key to a healthy personality is a balance between the id, the ego, and the superego.

  8. Which Character represents the Id, Ego, and Super Ego?

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