Comparing Sigmund Freud's The Ego And The Id
Sigmund Freud was the first to think of the suggestion of a large unconscious that affects much of our behavior. He believed in The Id, The Ego, and The Superego, and that those parts of our mind controlled our behavior. The Id, running on the “pleasure principle”, is desires you have that are not socially acceptable. The Ego, running on the “reality principle”, is rational and logical thinking. The Superego, running on the “morality principle” represses the unacceptable desires of The Id and focuses on blending into social norms. Understanding the ideas of Freud can give you a different perspective of yourself and others due to whether the person displays examples of The Id, The Ego, and The Superego, showing the many factors that can come
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Rational thinking and logic-driven thinking and will aid you in keeping in touch with reality and being in control of yourself. You can observe someone’s decision-making skills based on this, since most of your decisions portray your Ego. The Ego is a median for The Superego and The Id, while wanting to still pleasure the desires of The Id, but in a rational way that The Superego would allow. However, some people’s Ego may lean more towards either the side of The Id or the side of The Superego, therefore making our view of them and judgement of them possibly different from most people, but understanding what drives a person’s behavior will help us humanize them.
The Superego comes to be through learning morals of society, and what society deems to be acceptable, therefore limiting a person’s true desires and keeping projections of The Id away from social settings. The Superego gains knowledge through life experiences and restricts the behavior of The Id through what has been told to the person in their lifetime. What the Superego limits in a person can reflect their life and experiences, therefore giving us a better understanding of ourselves and possibly
Rational thinking and logic-driven thinking and will aid you in keeping in touch with reality and being in control of yourself. You can observe someone’s decision-making skills based on this, since most of your decisions portray your Ego. The Ego is a median for The Superego and The Id, while wanting to still pleasure the desires of The Id, but in a rational way that The Superego would allow. However, some people’s Ego may lean more towards either the side of The Id or the side of The Superego, therefore making our view of them and judgement of them possibly different from most people, but understanding what drives a person’s behavior will help us humanize them.
The Superego comes to be through learning morals of society, and what society deems to be acceptable, therefore limiting a person’s true desires and keeping projections of The Id away from social settings. The Superego gains knowledge through life experiences and restricts the behavior of The Id through what has been told to the person in their lifetime. What the Superego limits in a person can reflect their life and experiences, therefore giving us a better understanding of ourselves and possibly