Freud’s Structural Model

Question 1

Id

Answer 1

Primitive
Present at birth
Unconscious and pleasure-seeking
Primary process

Basic life instincts in the unconscious realm
All energy comes from the id; not self sufficient
Driven by the pleasure principle

Question 2

Ego

Answer 2

Emerges early in childhood
Rational component of the personality
Realistic personality

Instinctual drives; defenses/controls; reality

Develops to find realistic ways to satisfy the ids desires

Executive of personality

Question 3

Superego

Answer 3

The conscience
Restrain the id
Morals; values

Developed by persons such as parents or teachers; not innate but a product of socialization

Question 4

Subconscious and unconscious equals what in the topographical model

Answer 4

Body memory