Freud's Basic Theory
Freud’s most notable and recognizable theories were his analysis of peoples’ personality factors including the ID, Ego and Superego.
ID:
· Source of all aggressions and desires. Its only concern is for instinctual
gratification.
· Lawless, asocial, and immoral.
· Function is to gratify the instincts for pleasure without regard to legal ethics or
moral restraint.
· If ID is not controlled, it may lead to destruction or self-destruction.
Ego:
· Regulates the aggressive drives of the ID through societal rules and expectations.
· Represents reasoning and circumspection.
· Rational governing agent of the psyche.
Superego:
· Largely unconscious, Superego is the moral censoring agency.
· Prime function is to protect society.
· An advocate of impulse towards perfection.
· Serves to overt aggression and sexual passions.
· Dominated by morality principle.
ID:
· Source of all aggressions and desires. Its only concern is for instinctual
gratification.
· Lawless, asocial, and immoral.
· Function is to gratify the instincts for pleasure without regard to legal ethics or
moral restraint.
· If ID is not controlled, it may lead to destruction or self-destruction.
Ego:
· Regulates the aggressive drives of the ID through societal rules and expectations.
· Represents reasoning and circumspection.
· Rational governing agent of the psyche.
Superego:
· Largely unconscious, Superego is the moral censoring agency.
· Prime function is to protect society.
· An advocate of impulse towards perfection.
· Serves to overt aggression and sexual passions.
· Dominated by morality principle.
