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(00:05) Introduction to Personality Structure In this lesson, we continue our discussion on the psychoanalytic theory of personality by going over Freud's structure of personality. According to Freud, our personality has three components: the id, the ego, and the superego. Freud believed that our behavior is determined by the way that these three components interact. Let's go through each component one by one. Interested in even more MCAT Prep? Discover our MCAT Prep App ( https://mcat-prep.medschoolcoach.com/) and our FREE Half-Length MCAT Practice Exam (https://www.medschoolcoach.com/mcat-p.... We're here to help make your medical school goals a reality. To watch more MCAT video tutorials like this and have access to study scheduling, progress tracking, flashcards, and question bank, download MCAT Prep by MedSchoolCoach. Download Here: https://mcat-prep.medschoolcoach.com/ -- (00:28) The Id First, we have the id. This is the primitive, instinctive, irrational, and biological component of our personality. Remember, Freud heavily emphasized the role of the unconscious in determining our behavior. The id is unconscious as it's described as instinctive, so it plays a major role in determining our behavior. (00:50) The Pleasure Principle Now, the id operates according to the pleasure principle. This principle states that humans desire gratification, such as sexual intercourse, and want to eliminate tension that results from the lack of gratification, such as hunger or thirst. To eliminate these tensions you’re going to want to seek food and water, which you can think of as gratification. And something else to note, is that at birth only the id is present. This means that, as a baby, all we want is gratification. (01:21) The Ego Next, we have the ego. This is the decision making component of personality that operates according to the reality principle. According to the reality principle, individuals often have to forgo or delay gratification in order to meet the demands of the real world. Now, just to be clear, the ego is not the opposite id. The ego, just like the id, wants to maximize gratification. But it does so in a more rational way, such that it's able to avoid negative consequences from society. For example, let's say you're at a meeting at work and there's a co-worker that you want to have sexual intercourse with. You can't just make it happen because that definitely would not be approved of. So the ego is going to prevent you from just immediately satisfying your gratification because it wants to avoid those negative consequences from society. (02:32) The Superego Finally, we have the superego. This is the moral component of personality that represents societal and personal standards of right and wrong. The superego strives for perfection and, because of that, it works in contradiction to the id. Remember, the id just wants gratification, while the superego wants to be morally perfect. Therefore, the id and superego are opposites to each other and the ego actually has to balance the two.In fact, the ego is so important when it comes to balancing the id and superego, that Freud, in treating his patients with psychoanalysis, essentially wanted to strengthen their egos.