1. How Does The Ego-Id-Superego Apparatus Interact?
1. How does the ego-id-superego apparatus interact? Please be as explicit as possible. Freud's structural model of the psyche is composed of three parts of the psychic apparatus the id,ego and the super-ego. All three develop and different stages in life and play an important role in how we interact. Based on the studies of Freud we all are born with our id, the id's role is an important one due to the fact that it allows us to gain our basic needs as newborns. Freud believed that the id is based on our pleasure principle, this is stationed by the idea that every impulse should be immeditely satisfied despite the harsh consequences that may follow. This grants the id experince pleasure if achieved, but can also expernce unpleasure if it is denied.In other words, the id wants whatever feels good at the time, with no consideration for the reality of the situation.
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Freud describes this as the Ego, the Ego is based on the reality principles. The ego unlike the id understands other people and their needs, and understands that sometimes impulsiveness can hurt in the long run. The ego makes it, its job to meet the needs of the id while taking into account the reality of the sitution surrounding it.
Around the age of five, the end of the phallic stage of developement occurs allowing the Superego to develop. The Superego is the moral part of us and develops due to moral and ethical restraints placed by our caregivers. THe superego's role is to control the id's impulse in situations whichi s forbideen in society, such as sex and aggression. The best way to rememeber this is to aquate the superego with the conscience of our beliefs of what is right and
Freud describes this as the Ego, the Ego is based on the reality principles. The ego unlike the id understands other people and their needs, and understands that sometimes impulsiveness can hurt in the long run. The ego makes it, its job to meet the needs of the id while taking into account the reality of the sitution surrounding it.
Around the age of five, the end of the phallic stage of developement occurs allowing the Superego to develop. The Superego is the moral part of us and develops due to moral and ethical restraints placed by our caregivers. THe superego's role is to control the id's impulse in situations whichi s forbideen in society, such as sex and aggression. The best way to rememeber this is to aquate the superego with the conscience of our beliefs of what is right and