Id
Neurologist
abreaction
Basic concepts:
o Deterministic
Conscious
Unconscious
ID
S
U
P
E
R
E
G
O
Conscious
Unconscious
Ego
S
U
P
E
R
E
G
O
Conscious
Ego
Preconscious
Ego
Subconscious
Id
Instincts
Psychic Apparatus
Id
Superego
Ego
Joseph Breuer
Subjective phenomenon
The Unconscious
Ego
o Must differentiate between things in the mind and
things in the real world
o It operates on the reality principle (understands
that behavior has consequences)
o It borrows energy from the id to carry out its functions
o It controls higher mental processes such as thinking,
reasoning, problem solving
o Its aim is to suspend instinctual gratification until an
appropriate object or environmental condition is
found (keep id impulses in check until it is appropriate
to satisfy them)
o Executive organ of the psyche
o Controls motility, perception and contact with reality
o Delays and modulates drive expression
o Spans the conscious, preconscious and unconscious
Conscious component
Unconscious component
Defense mechanisms
Superego
o Represents values and norms
o First the parents and then society in general
o Represents the social component and operates under
the morality principle
o Develops from the system of rewards and
punishments administered to the child
o The conscience develops out of the punishments the
parents apply to the childs behavior
o The ego-ideal develops from the rewards and
approvals the parents apply to the childs behavior
o Establishes and maintains an individuals moral
conscience
o Based on the complex system of ideas and values
internalized from parents
o Heir to the Oedipus complex
o Provides ongoing scrutiny of a persons behavior,
thoughts, and feelings