Freud (bio)

• Displacement is transferring one’s emotional burden or emotional reaction from one entity to another.
• Sublimation is channeling unwanted urges into an acceptable outlet.
• Projection is when unwanted feelings are displaced onto another person
• The id is driven by our instincts including Eros and thanatos.
• Thanatos is the death instinct
• Eros is the life instinct. For example sexual urges thirst hunger and pain avoidance.
• Id is present from birth
• Ego develops from the age of 2 years
• The egos role is to balance between our biological needs ( the id ) and our social needs ( the superego ).
• The superego develops between three and six, when we start developing a sense of morality. It opposes the id with feelings of shame and guilt.
• Catharsis is a way for aggression to be satisfied
• The id is the part of our personality that is driven by our instincts, including Eros and Thanatos. Eros is the life instinct. a driving force that makes us behave in ways which sustain the life and ensures the continuation of the species. This includes our biological needs to satisfy our sexual instincts as well as thirst, hunger, and pain avoidance. Thanatos, on the other hand is a destructive force. Therefore, any form of self-destructive behaviour is an expression of the energy created by the death instinct. The id is present from birth and it is the origin of all behaviour, including aggression. The id is also impulsive
• The ego develops from the age of 2 years. Its role is to maintain the balance between our blological needs (the Id) and the need to follow the rules imposed by the society (the Superego). The ego is logical and rational and is part of our conscious awareness. It is governed by the reality principle, the ego helps us find ways in satisfying our instincts In socially appropriate ways. The ego does not have any morals, yet will try to control the demands of the id by expressing aggressive urges through fantasises of the act, rather than punching someone in real Iife.
• The Superego develops between the ages of three and six, when we start developing a sense of morality and a sense of right and a wrong. It represents the ideal image we have of ourselves. Itis the morality principle and represents our conscience. When dealing with aggression the superego opposes the id with feelings of shame and guilt, because we are not meeting the highest moral standards. The demands of the superego can be just as demanding of those of the id.