Id, ego and superego structural model
Modelo estructural del ello, el yo y el superyó
- Date
- 1920-1923 · confidence high
- Place
- Vienna, Austria
- Credited to
- Sigmund Freud
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
Freud introduced in 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle' (1920) and formalized in 'The Ego and the Id' (1923) a new three-part model of the psyche: the id (unconscious impulses), the superego (internalized moral norms) and the ego (which mediates between them and reality). It replaced his earlier topographical model (conscious/preconscious/unconscious) and became the core of classical psychoanalysis.
What it led to
- Psychoanalytic diagnosis based on conflicts between psychic agencies
- Modern neuropsychoanalysis
Built on
- Freud's earlier topographical model (conscious, preconscious, unconscious)