There’s an academic exercise in psychology classes that asks students to take Sigmund Freud’s concept of the id, ego, and superego and apply it to characters from The Simpsons. Homer’s impulsiveness ...

Freud postulated that the id, ego, and superego are the three major components of personality. Understanding Freud's psychodynamic perspective is important in learning about the history of psychology.

Many conservatives see Donald Trump acting on impulse and Elon Musk enforcing a strict moral order — a dynamic best seen in the demolition of the nation’s foreign-aid agency.

America’s Discord Looks Like a Job for the Superego It’s hard to run a sane civilization in an atmosphere of political hysteria and hallucination.

Freud Explains Cancel Culture The superego is the woke part of the psyche. It’s moralistic, but it isn’t necessarily moral. By Andrew Hartz Share Resize ...

Neuroscience suggests that the brain has "id," "ego," and "superego" substrates. Such information may prove valuable in the treatment of mental illness.

When the Ego’s proposed actions coincide with the impulses of the Id, Obama yields. At the same time, he feels the need to respect the Super-ego in ensuring that those actions do not go to extremes.

Id shmid, ego shmego: that has long summarized my Jewish-inflected disdain for most of psychoanalysis. But as I’ve gotten older (OK, old) and have become perhaps a bit less obsessed with ...

According to Sigmund Freud, the human psyche exists in three parts (id, ego and superego) that compete for control of our behaviors.