3 Structures of Personality

1. 3 Structures of Personality Freud’s Psychoanalysis Theory Id Ego Super ego

2. The Psychoanalytic Approach • All people have inner struggles • Born with biological drives that may conflict with laws

3. Freud Explains

4. Sigmund Freud • Medical degree • Vienna, Austria • “Talking Cure”

5. Methods of Treatment Psychoanalysis Dream Analysis

6. Methods Continued Hypnosis All access your unconscious feelings

9. Id • Primitive drives • Completely unconscious • It is the “bad” part of us • We are born with it • Like a stereotypical 2 year old

10. Id Continued • Guided by the PLEASUREPRINCIPLE—the demand for instant gratification • Spontaneous • Inappropriate • Pays no attention to laws or rules

11. Structures of the Id • Thanatos- death instinct • libido- sex drive

12. Reflex action— A spontaneous action that relieves the id Can get one in trouble Ex. Swear at a teacher you don’t like Primary process— Wish fulfillment Fantasy Only temporarily satisfies desire The id has two ways to satisfy itself

13. These are both supposed to give the id gratification • Since neither is a really good way to satisfy id impulses, another structure must satisfy the id

14. Ego • Not born with it • Begins developing around 6 months • Is conscious • Stand for reason and good sense • Our rational self

15. Ego Continued • Guided by the REALITY PRINCIPLE —understanding that we cannot always get what we want • Therefore, the ego must satisfy the id in realistic ways • This is the primary job of the ego—satisfying the id

16. What the ego does is… • Thinking • Planning • Problem solving • Ego must screen out wild and inappropriate impulse from the id

17. Id Buy with credit cards Cheat on a test Verbal assault a teacher Ego Save money to buy Study for the test Remain quiet Comparing Id and Ego

18. Superego • Is taught during childhood • Usually developing around age of 4 • Operates on all level of consciousness • Strives for the ideal rather than real • Guides us in our moral decision making

19. Superego Continued • Develops as we “learn the rules” • Guided by the MORAL PRINCIPLE —values and standards of the parents and members of society

20. Conscience Memory of all behaviors one has been punished for Inhibits impulses by flooding ego with guilt and shame Ego Ideal The memory of all behaviors that led to rewards Promotes idealistic, perfectionist goals and behavior Two Spheres of the Superego

21. The pieces together: • The healthy person spends most time in his ego • Large id=too impulsive • Large super ego=too neurotic and rigid morals

24. If, as an adult, your Id is too dominant? • Very self-absorbed, don’t care about others, only out for yourself • If, as an adult, your Ego is too dominant? • Distant, rational, efficient, unemotional, cold • If, as an adult, your Superego is too dominant? • Guilt-ridden or self-righteous

25. How it all works • We get impulses from the id • The ego works to satisfy them • The super ego approves or disapproves • The ego must satisfy the id without offending the moral guidelines of the superego

26. How can the ego handle it? • To help the ego do this, the unconscious mind uses ego defense mechanisms • Methods of behavior and thoughts which help protect the idealized ego • Allows the ego to avoid pain, anxiety, stress, and emotion