Old Sigmund- Reflection 12

Freud’s work on the Theory of Personality is considered important even by those who do not agree with him because he provides them with a base that they are at least able to counter. Other theories of personality often develop only after the there is something to argue against. So even if many people didn’t agree with his personality theory, Freud affected and held importance to them all. Many of Freud’s theories put an emphasis on a driving force that many people tend to disagree with which is sex. Freud basically didn’t sugar coat any of his theories and was very blatant with his ideas. Sometimes people don’t want to believe the truth about mankind. Mankind has a lot aggression and they are driven by a lot of sexual desires. Freud even figured why we go to college to get a degree is actually so that we can attract a better mate with whom we will have offspring that will continue our bloodlines. Everyone wouldn’t look at life like that. But there is some truth to that because with a degree we want to marry someone else who has a degree that way raising children would be a simple since money is coming in from both parties, the child will want of nothing. According to Freud we have different parts of our personality that develops at different stages from birth. They are the Id, The ego and the Superego. The Id is developed at birth which helps the parent to acknowledge the child’s need. When the child’s diaper is yet, or when the child wants to be fed they cry to make that known not paying any attention to reality. They just know that they need to be satisfied at that point in time and make no bones about showing it. The id only cares about satisfying itself and no one else. After about three to four years the Ego is developed and that when reality becomes a part of the personality. The child then understands that other people have feelings as well so reality as come into the picture at this point. The ego still has to be able to satisfy the Id , but it does so understanding that someone else has feelings and wants to be satisfied just the same. Freud goes on to explain the Superego as the part of us which has moral values and constraints. Basically this is the little voice, what we sometimes call it, that tells us what is good versus what is bad. People often hear this as their parents voice knowing that if their parent was there they wouldn’t choose the bad thing to do. Overall, I think that Freud has some pretty interesting theories and though some areas of his theories are false, many of them are true.
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