Sigmund Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis and the psychodynamic approach to psychology. This school of thought emphasized the influence of the unconscious mind on behavior. Freud believed that the human mind was composed of three elements: the id, the ego, and the superego.
The Superego
The superego makes up a large part of our unconscious. It is the part of us that makes us conform to particular rules, that makes us "behave." It judges us, criticizes us, and makes us feel bad when we do something "wrong." It is what makes us feel guilty and ashamed. It is our "inner critic" or "inner judge."
It judges us for whether or not we conform to the rules. Next to making us feel guilty and ashamed, it makes us feel stupid, idiotic, foolish, thick, dense, and a loser. That is, if we do not suppress these painful feelings.
We usually hardly notice the superego controlling us. We just "know" we shouldn't do certain things, and we shy away from them, or we just know that we "must" do things. Most of it is, in fact, unconscious.
Formation of the superego
Most of the superego is formed during our upbringing. Our parents taught us what is right and wrong, what we should and shouldn't do, what is normal and what not. To get us to accept the rules, we were forced in various subtle and not so subtle ways, like by punishment, being shamed, or being degraded for doing something wrong. This is what's formed into the superego.
It's not only our parents, but, in fact, many other people too in our early environment that pressured us to abide by certain rules. Adults in positions of authority, as well as other children. And people still pressure us to when we are adults, when they act out their superegos on us, as we do on them.
The superego is kind of the sum of all people that have tried to make us behave according to certain rules in the past.
The need for the superego
Children aren't much capable of themselves to see the consequences of their actions. They need to be taught to abide by certain rules, or else they or others get hurt or worse, things get damaged, or things go wrong. They need to be taught to take responsibility.
Therefore, it is unavoidable and beneficial that children develop a superego. There is a need for it to be a guide through people's lives.
When the superego works against us
Sometimes we feel that we are guilty of something, when in truth there is nothing wrong with what we did. We may feel guilty for being lazy, when there really is no work to do. We can feel stupid for not knowing how to do something, when we never actually had an opportunity to learn it. Children are known to feel irrationally guilty for the death of relatives, or for parents divorcing.
The superego isn't particularly precise. It may tell us not to do certain things when there is objectively nothing wrong with doing them. Thus, it is an aspect of us that can limit us more than necessary.
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Superego
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That the mind is broken up into three parts. The Id (instincts), the Ego (the conscious part of the individual), and the Superego (the moral center of the individual).
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Superego
if id commits an action that goes against the superego, how does the superego deal with it?
The list of do's in the superego are called what?
according to frued's distinctions, the part of the mind most associated with what we call "conscience" is the ________?
Stevie Wonder's Superego was created in 1979.
That the mind is broken up into three parts. The Id (instincts), the Ego (the conscious part of the individual), and the Superego (the moral center of the individual).
Super ego is what you are taught to do, how the society and the envrionment you were brought up in works and how you are influenced by it.
Superego Supershorts - 2008 was released on: USA: 2008 (internet)
No. The Id is unconscious. The Ego is the individual's conscious mind. The superego is his conscience.
Superego.
super ego