Personalities

• • Freud viewed the adult personality as having three basic components – Id, Ego and Superego.
• Id - are the:

  • instinct part of the personality and we are born with it.
  • It is our unconscious desires and impulses.
• The ego - is logical and rational and seeks to satisfy the Id in socially acceptable ways.
• Super ego-is our moral thoughts. It contains two parts: the conscience and the ego.
• The ego ideal tells us what we should do.
• • The conscience makes us feel guilty; the ego ideal makes us feel proud.
• Frued states there are 3 defence mechanisms humans go through, Repression, Denial and Displacement
• Repression: Unconsciously blocking out painful memories
• Denial: Refusing to accept reality
• Displacement: Changing a feeling towards another another targer
• Imbalance: For a person to have a healthy personality there needs to be a balance between all three
• If a person has more ID then they are uncontrollable
• If a person has more superego they are judgemental and moralistic
• There are 3 Defence Mechanisms made by the ego:

  • Repression
  • Displacement
  • Denial
• Superego punished ego by using guilt and suppresses urges
• Outline the Super ego(3)

  • Occurs In Phallic Stage
  • Part of Tripartite Personalities
  • Resolves Oedipus Complex
• Psychodynamic Approach vs Science

  • It neglects rules of Science as intepretation of dreams are subjective
  • Dreams are also private
• When in an situation the Unconcious and conscious or Id and Superego conflict, Superego uses guilt