structure of personality

• unconscious id - pleasure principle
• conscious ego - reality principle
• unconscious superego - morality principle
• Id 


  • Entirely unconscious
  • Made up of selfish aggressive instincts that demand immediate gratification
• Ego 


  The 'reality check' that balances the conflicting demands of the Id and the Superego
• Superego 


  The moralistic part of our personality which represents the ideal self - how we ought to be
• which part of our personality is only present at birth?

  Id