Today in class we discussed the many levels of psychoanalysis presented by Freud. To begin, we discussed the concept of the ID, Ego, and Super Ego. ID is the most natural instincts that a person possesses. They are maintained in a person at birth. Ego is the concept of childhood understanding of the life around us. This in a sense is a deeper thought process that that of ID. Last but not least is the idea of Super Ego, which portrays the conscious. The Super Ego is where your critical judgement is and it also keeps the ID and Ego in check. In return the ID keeps the Super Ego in check. Our professor presented a good way of looking at how the ID, Ego, and Super Ego are visualized. In the classic cartoons in which there is an angle representing good on one shoulder and the devil representing bad on another shoulder, in essence that is what psychoanalysis is. The person having the inner personal struggle is the Ego with the ID representing the angel and the Super Ego representing the devil.
With all of this information presented, a question arises. The Super Ego checks over the ID and the Ego; therefore is the Super Ego superior to the rest?
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