Sigmund Freud compared the human mind to an iceberg, where the tip above water represents consciousness and the region below water symbolizes the unconscious mind. Freud described three basic personality structures: the id, which seeks pleasure and operates unconsciously; the ego, which mediates between the id and reality; and the superego, which acts as the conscience. The id and superego are in constant conflict, as the drive tells us to do one thing while society tells us to do something else.
3. IDUnconconscious
part of the mind
(this part of the mind seeks to bring
us pleasure)
-primitive parts of our personality
including
aggression and sexual drives
4. EgoEGO-conscious
part of the mind
(Rational Self). Decides what action to
take for positive means and what to do
based on what is believed is the right
thing to do. Aware of reality.
6. The
ID and the SUPEREGO are in
constant conflict. Your DRIVE tells
you to do one thing , while
SOCIETY tells you to do something
else.
7. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, compared
the human mind to an iceberg. The tip above the water
represents consciousness, and the vast region below the
surface symbolizes the unconscious mind. Of Freuds three
basic personality structuresid, ego, and superegoonly
the id is totally unconscious.