Character

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Character.


Noun 1.the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. 2."running away was not in keeping with her character"



ID

EGO

Freud’s human psyche




Freud’s Ego Noun

1. The ego is 'that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world.'

(Freud, 1923, p. 25)




Freud’s “id”: Noun

1. The primitive and instinctive component of personality. It consists of all the inherited (i.e., biological) components of personality present at birth, including the sex (life) instinct – Eros (which contains the libido), and the aggressive (death) instinct - Thanatos.







Ellie Courtney-Jones


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