What is ego, id, and superego

India
March 29, 2007 7:04pm CST
What is ego, id, and superego? How these three systems of personality play an important role in the development of one's personality?
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@kurtbiewald (2625)
• United States
30 Mar 07
ego is the persons sense of who they are as an individual I think not sure though, no clue on them others
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@5000ml (1923)
• Belgium
16 Jun 07
Ego: the mediator between the id and the superego, trying to ensure that the needs of both the id and the superego are met. Id: primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity. It's the primal or beastlike part of the brain, its prime motive is self-survival. Superego: the component of the human psyche that has internalized the values and standards of society. As it embodies the morality principle, the superego is opposed to the id.