Freud and the superego

¡§What are the main features and functions of the Superego according Freud?¡¨ Words: 1000 What is the Superego? According to Anne Neimark ¡§ Sigmund called the third area of the mind the Superego. Like a judge in a court trial, the superego announced its verdicts or decrees.¡¨ (Neimark A, 1976, page 96) The superego is part of a trio that controls our urges and desires. The id being the urge at it raw form, the ego filtering the urge, …

…attempts to make up for the loss of the perfect life experienced as a baby.¡¨ (Stevenson D, 1966) References „h David B. Stevenson, Freud¡¦s Division Of Mind 1966, Brown University, http://landow.stg.brown.edu/HTatBrown/freud/Division_of_Mind.html „h Elliott A, Freud 2000, 1998, Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, Pages 240 „h Ricoeur P, Freud And Philosophy, 1970, London, Yale University Press, Pages 186,187,212,299,300. „h Neimark A E, Sigmund Freud:The World Within,1976,New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 96.