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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Theories of personality is a complex subject that covers a wide array of concepts. Before taking this course, I felt I had a decent understanding of personality theories because I had a vague idea of Freud's theory, I had heard about the Hierarchy of needs, I knew about Ivan Pavlov and Pavlov's dog...

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