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Sigmund Freud and Herbert Meads Individual Theories

The theory of Sigmund Freud encompasses a holistic and psychoanalytic as well as a psychodynamic view of the human behaviour . The model theorizes that human behaviors are usually due to inner forces that the person has no control over . As a result , issues such as slips of the tongue and dreams are all about what the individual is thinking about in a framework referred to as wishful thinking . Some wishful thinking may be a sign of

deeply felt thoughts and emotions , coming from the unconscious a personality part they may never know that exists . As such , infantile demands and desires are hidden here so as not to conflict with the individual 's day to day living (Magill , p89

In essence , instinctual drives are hidden in wishful thinking and suppressed feelings and facilitate in recollecting painful events . Id ego and superego are the three elements of personality according to Freud . These describe various behaviors interactions , and the drives that motivate people . With regard to this , Id refers to the unrecognized , raw and inherent part of the personality . It has the main purpose of decreasing tension created by our primitive drives such as aggression , sex , hunger and irrational impulses related . Id operates on the pleasure principle to decrease tension and for immediate gratification (Shipley ,

52 . As a result , reality prevents fulfilling id 's instant demands . The energy of instincts is restrained by ego so that the individual can be...

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