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Identify four characteristics of each of the following structures of personality according to Sigmund Freud

Identify four characteristics of each of the following structures of personality according to Sigmund Freud

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John
(i) Id
-Presence form of birth.

- Entirely in unconscious mind

- Source of psychic energy

- Driven by pleasure principal/ egocentric

- Calls for immediate gratification/ impatient

- Has instinct and primitive behavior/ impulsive/ irrational

- Causes anxiety and tension if needs not met


(ii) Ego
- Is responsible for dealing with principle

- Ensure impulses are expressed in acceptable manner.

- Discharges tension created on unmet impulses

- Weighs the cost and benefits of an action

- Criticizes out behaviour/ holds our internalize moral standards and ideals that we acquire from parents and society.

johnmulu answered the question on June 20, 2017 at 11:35

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