It is always in a tug of war by the id and superego and tries to mediate a link between reality and the unreal world. The Superego, the last part to develop and is our conscience, which is concern with our ethical judgements, feelings and responsibilities. In order for the ego to satisfy id and the superego demands, defense mechanism was proposed by Freud, which helps turn unconscious desires in a more acceptable form. This is used by the ego to protect itself from anxiety and threats and resolved conflicts that are caused by the id and superego. ...

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(cited #1and #4) Psychoanalytic Approach The psychoanalytic approach assumes that psychopathology is due to the unconscious process, specifically repressed conflicts between the id and ego, and the id and superego. ... Classical Freudian theory emphasizes that the mind is divided into three parts, id, ego, and superego. ... The superego develops during early childhood for purpose of examing society's moral values as interpreted by ones parents. The interplay between the id, ego and superego results in conflict for most individuals at some point in development. ...

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This theory also suggests that the human mind contains the id, ego and superego. The id refers to one's natural drive that is continually in need of fulfillment, the ego represents one's values that has been gained and developed as children and the superego refers to values that have been accumulated from the society and immediate family. Freud proposed that the id and the superego which are frequently in conflict in the unconscious premises of the mind are controlled by the ego. For normal behavior to occur, the id and the superego have to be in equilibrium. ...

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(MSN behaviorism Search/crime and punishment) Criminality is seen to result from the failure of the superego, as a consequence either of its incompletes development or of unusually strong instinctual drives. ...

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The subject may be unaware of the circumstances surrounding their behaviors as there is a conflict between, mainly, the id, the part of the unconscious that desires immediate gratification, and the superego, the preconscious system of morality attained from learned and conceived standards. ...

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