principle. The pleasure principle can be understood as a demand to take care of needs immediately. The ego is part of the id that has been modified by the direct influence of the external world. The ego is not sharply separated from the id but merges into it. According to Freud (1960) "for the ego, perception plays the part in which the id falls to instinct. The ego represents what may be called reason and common sense, in contrast to the id, which contains passion" (p. 15).Connection between the id and ego is the superego. It contains the influences what is learned from other people. Unlike the id, the superego is not present at birth. It is acquired at childhood. The superego is the moral branch of personality. It represents the ideal rather than the real. Known as the moral code of a person, the superego develops from one's ego as a result from what a child assimilates as what is good and what is bad which are based upon ones parents' standards. According to Freud (1960), "the differentiation of the super-ego from the ego is no matter of chance; it represents the most important characteristics of the development both of the individual and of the species; indeed by giving permanent expression to the influence of the parents it perpetuates the existence of the factors to which it owes it origin" (p.25). The superego consists of two The Ego and the Id 6parts, the ego ideal and the conscience. What a child believes his parents consider to be good realized by rewards is the ego ideal. What a child believes his parents to be morally wrong realized through punishments is the conscience. By creating rewards and punishments such as feelings of pride or feelings of guilt or inferiority the superego will take on the role of the parents. It is the super ego that inner restraints on upon lawlessness and disorderly, thus enabling a person to become a law abiding member of society. The ego struggle to keep the id happy. The ego ...
