<p>I don't know much about psychology, but I've heard about Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche, with the three part of the psychic apparatus. However, I couldn't really understand the parts. </p>

<p>As far as I could understand it: the ego is the "everyday part" of self: our behaviour, personality and style we use in everyday events and interaction between other people. 
With this logic, the super-ego is just an "ideal"; a human model that we follow either if we want it or don't - and it often, since it depends on our wants, experiences, aims and fears. 
But id is something constant, that never changes, and contains our deepest feelings: fear, love, and instincts. Maybe even some hidden knowledges.</p>

<p>So overall: ego is <em>what we are</em>, id is <em>what we ACTUALLY are</em>, and super ego is that <em>what we want to be</em>.</p>

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<li><strong>Am I right? Or is it more complex?</strong></li>
<li><strong>What exactly is meant by id, ego, and super-ego?</strong></li>
</ul>

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What do id, ego and super-ego exactly mean?
Zoltán Schmidt
# What do id, ego and super-ego exactly mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-07-26)

I don't know much about psychology, but I've heard about Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche, with the three part of the psychic apparatus. However, I couldn't really understand the parts.

As far as I could understand it: the ego is the "everyday part" of self: our behaviour, personality and style we use in everyday events and interaction between other people.
With this logic, the super-ego is just an "ideal"; a human model that we follow either if we want it or don't - and it often, since it depends on our wants, experiences, aims and fears.
But id is something constant, that never changes, and contains our deepest feelings: fear, love, and instincts. Maybe even some hidden knowledges.

So overall: ego is *what we are*, id is *what we ACTUALLY are*, and super ego is that *what we want to be*.

* **Am I right? Or is it more complex?**
* **What exactly is meant by id, ego, and super-ego?**

**Tags:** cognitive-modeling, psychoanalysis


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