Sigmund Freud's theories of the Id, ego and superego offer a compelling look at the human psyche and they attempts to explain our most primitive impulses and desires. ... Mitchell, Freud and Beyond) As the child begins to mature, the superego develops. The Superego is the moral part of one's self. ... With no society to help develop the ego and superego, man kind's most primitive part of his makeup, the Id, took over. ...

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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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Psychoanalysts have distinguished three of these personalities, the ego, superego, and id and interactions among them are said to be responsible for the behavior of the man in whom they dwell (Technology Of Behavior, Ch.1). ...

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