tripartite personality

Cards (7)

what does Freud believe makes up the mind?
ID, EGO, SUPEREGO
what is the ID?
present at birth, referred to as pleasure principle = desire & need
what is the EGO?
rational part of mind, acts as referee between ID & SUPEREGO
what is SUPEREGO?
represents sense of right & wrong (morality principle), develops through identification of same sex parent
what did Frued suggest happen when we are asleep?
ego defences lowered allowing opportunity for repressed wishes & desires to emerge in dreams
how do suppressed wishe/desires emerge in dreams?
disguised as symbols
what may dreams be influenced by?
unconscious desires of the ID, tend to be sexual / agressive