3/6/2023 0 Comments The superego![]() ![]() Nevertheless, since Freud was a gifted investigator, the presumption is that the superego is a reality and, since Freud credited it with a significant note in human activity, it would seem to be something important. The psychological phenomenon which Freud called the superego, and which he equivalated with the traditional notion of conscience, in fact lacks the essential note of conscience. Keywords:personality,brain surgery,psychology.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:ĬONSCIENCE AND SUPEREGO T HEOLOGIANS and philosophers have rightly stigmatized Freud's concept of moral conscience as a caricature of the real thing. In the end, he is back to his previous condition, and even it is worse than before. However, it does not work in a long time, because his psychological condition cannot accept the change. In other words, all of his actions start to be controlled well because of the balances between his id, ego, and superego. He starts to know about the moral values, the existence of God and others. Then his superego works only in a form of childhood trauma, and it does not touch the other values yet.Therefore, there is no balance between his id, ego, and superego.After the brain surgery, his personality structure begins to increase day by day in which his superego starts to work better than before the brain surgery, not only work in the form of childhood trauma. Before the surgerythe personality of Charlie is mostly being affected by his id. As a result of this research, there are some differences between the condition of Charlie before and after the brain surgery. The data are collectedby reading the novel Flowers for Algernon, internet sources, biography of the author, library research, and other supporting books which have relation with the topic. ![]() The method of collecting the data is quantitative method. In analyzing this novel, the researcher uses the theory of personality by Sigmund Freud which consists of the id, ego, and superego. The personalityis then analyzed in the term of id, ego, and superego in psychological study. This research is focused on personality of Charlie in the novel Flowers for Algernonbefore and after he got the brain surgery. In the end, he came to his previous condition. However, even when the surgery had been successful, it did not take long. He wanted to change his life by conducting brain surgery while he believed that it would increase his intilligence. The novel Flowers for Algernontells about a man who had mental retardation since he was born. The superego is present in the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. The superego acts to perfect and civilize our behavior, works to control or suppress all unallowable urges of the id, and struggles to make the ego act upon idealistic standards rather that upon realistic principles. These behaviors are often refused to be allowed and lead to bad consequences, punishments, or feelings of guilt and deep regret for a wrong that had been committed. The conscience contains facts provided or learned about things that are perceived as bad or wrong by parents and the society. By obeying the rules, it leads them to feelings of pride, value, and accomplishment. These behaviors which are acquired and approved of by parents and other people in authority. The ego ideal contains the standards and rules of good manners or behavior. There are two parts of the superego: the ego ideal and conscience. ![]() According to Freud, the superego starts to appear or emerge in the age of five years of a child's life and it provides guidelines for making judgments. We can say that it is the upbringing or the treatment and instruction received by a child from its parents throughout its childhood, or our perception about the rights and/or wrongs that we have learned the past, that enforces it on the person. It is the aspect of personality that holds all of our internalized moral standards and ideals that we acquired. The principles that control the superego can be the good characters, or it might be the morals and values that we acquired from our parents, since Freud had a strong hold in the past. What Principles Control the Superego? The superego is like the good or righteous boy that always wants the right things only, such as being too conscious on his actions, because that is what he perceives as acceptable to the society in general. ![]()
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