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What is the difference between Ego and ID?

What is the difference between Ego and ID?

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O. Bickis

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O. Bickis
O. Bickis, Corporate employee, MBA, Stockton

Answered Jul 22, 2019

The ego and id are terms that are coined by Freud in order to describe how he believes that the mind works. The id is known to be the more primitive part of the brain. This is in charge of all the sexual and hidden desires of people as well as hidden and repressed memories that the mind is still trying to forget. The ego is the part of the brain that is considered to be the realist.

The ego and id are terms that are coined by Freud in order to describe how he believes that the
This is in charge of balancing the id and the super-ego, the part of the brain that acts as the moral conscience. The more developed a person’s ego is, the better he would be in balancing work and pleasure because he knows that in order to get pleasure, there is a need to work first.

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T. Wikati

T. Wikati

T. Wikati
T. Wikati, Technical Writer, New York

Answered Jul 17, 2019

The id is known to be the type of the brain that is said to be highly primitive. This may hold the wishes of the mind to become more sexual and aggressive. It may also keep all of the sexual desires of the brain. The ego is the part of the brain that is in charge of mediating the thoughts of the id and the super-ego.

The id is known to be the type of the brain that is said to be highly primitive. This may hold the
If you are not familiar with the super-ego, this is also a part of the moral conscience. This will help let people remember what things should not be done and what things they should still control. The ego will make sure that the various factors will be properly medicated.

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