Freud's Personality Theory

Freud's personality theory.

Superego is the last part of our personality to develop. It is responsible for our values and knows the difference between right or wrong. This part of our mind helps us to control our impulses that are inappropriate in society such as rage, sexual desires. How id is our instincts and ego is reality, superego represents morality. It has two parts: conscience and the ego ideal. Conscience contains information about things that society views as bad. They are forbidden and have bad consequences, leading to feeling guilty and receiving punishments. The ego ideal includes the rules and standards for behaviors that the ego aspires to. Super-ego tries to keep harmony between all three personality parts. It tries to suppress id’s animalistic desires and make ego try to reach more idealistic standards then realistic. The superego is present in the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. This part of our psyche is the one that we can change the most while living.