what is the difference between Ego and Super ego?

Answer 1

the ego is the baby-like, me me me, selfish part of yourself.

the super ego is the adult part of you that says "no thats not acceptable" and holds you back from doing all the crazy impulses in your head so that you can fit in with society.

Answer 2

The 'super ego' is your conscious. It is the source of guilt and second thoughts about doing something wrong or harmful: Maybe I shouldn't do that. Also, the Super Ego protects the Ego.

The 'Ego' is the fully conscious aspect of the human psyche and is the most vunerable. The human psyche goes through a lot to protect the Ego from harm.

The 'Id' (Instinctual Drive) is the fully unconscious aspect of the human mind devoted to lower cravings such as sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, violence, etc.

Invented by Sigmund Freud, the Ego/Super-Ego/Id development is what forms the personality and the over or underdevelopment of each can be the source of criminal behavior.

Answer 3

Those terms come from psychoanalytic psychology. Basicaly the super ego contains morals and such. The ego is your conciousness that mediates between the super ego and the id. The id is the unconcious mind that spawns desires. The id says what it wants, the super ego imposes restrictions on how it can be done, and the ego mediates between the two and decides a course of action.

Answer 4

Id, ego and superego are metaphors invented by Freud and developed by others. They stand for components of personality, and may mean different things depending on your source. The Id is the animal part of the mind, just wants without thinking of consequences. The superego is an idealized, the moral entity we hope to be, and guided by this part, we would always act on principle without thinking of benefit or consequences. The ego is not merely an intermediate between those two extremes, it also understands that in real life, sometimes we cannot act as we want, as we would like, and is capable of calculating this balance. Normally they should share equal power, and when there is imbalance among them, there is mental disorder.

Answer 5

None -- I seriously doubt that they exist. Aside from this being related to Freudian psychology, Freud acknowledged in his clinical research that these were merely metaphors. Further, these theories were not developed under normal scientific guidelines, rather these were developed based on a neurotic and hysterical patient population that Freud had in his office at the time. These concepts weren't even developed with regular peer review and academic oversight. These concepts were unscrutinized and simply became part of the society.

In philosophy -- East and West, the meaning of the "ego" is and can be quite different than what defined by psychologies since Freud.

Answer 6

K-Mart and Saks Fifth Avenue. Clark Kent/ Superman.

Answer 7

nothin