... This is believed to be the cause of many personality and behavioural disorders. Freud believed that personality has three structures: the id, the ego, and the superego. The id is the Freudian structure of personality that consists of instincts. In Freud's view, the id is totally unconscious i.e. it has no contact with reality. As children experience the demands and constraints of reality, a new structure of personality then emerges called the ego, the Freudian structure of personality that deals with the demands of reality. The ego is called the executive branch of personality because it uses reasoning to make decisions. The id and the ego have no morality. They don't take into account whether something is right or wrong. The superego is the Freudian structure of personality that is the moral branch of personality. The superego takes into account whether something is right or wrong. The superego as what ...

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