How the id, ego, superego work at influencing a person's behavior?
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The id is our deepest desires and wants, which includes our libido. The superego is our conscience which says, "No, you can't do that." Our ego is the mediator between the two.
The id is a deep down want for something---The ego says will lets find a way---The supergo say we can't go rob banks or what ever for the money we have to earn it.
Modern psychology doesn't accept Freudian concepts regarding made up concepts like the "id," "ego," or the "superego" due to a lack of documentable evidence. So... to answer a question... they don't influence a person's behavior. Now, if you're asking from a historical perspective, that's different...
id: let's have sex and let's have it now.
ego: do you think it's a good idea?
superego: it's not a good idea, it's a sin!!
id: i don't care!!
ego: are you single, and over 21? coz you know i'm married and we might get caught.
superego: of course that's not right, there are laws, both of the church and of the land, you will be brought to the higher courts and suffer the consequences for your sins in hell.
id: don't listen to him, he's just bluffing
ego: you know i'd really love to, i'm tempted by your offer, but i'm so afraid to commit mistakes.
superego: that's is just the moral thing not to do it.
ego: : sorry id, but thinking it over, i have to make a pass on this.
id: : waaaaah jerk, i'd go find another weaker than you
So, Freud was a little ahead of his time and had to make up words to talk about behavioral influences. We can translate these words into rough neuroanatomical correlates now, and talk about limbic system activation or "drive states" for the id, frontal lobe executive function "appraisal systems" for the superego, and integrated cerebral activity for the "ego" which is that constellation of learning, memory, visual, and motor skills among other skills and abilities that makes us uniquely who we are. These Freudian constructs are just metaphors for current neurological understanding about what makes us tick.
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