1. Freud's Theory of Defence Mech
Freud's Theory of Defence Mechanisms Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalysis is regarded as the earliest of those categorised as psychodynamic theories (Gray, 1999). ... Psychoanalysis claims that the human psyche is composed of the id (the base or instinctual component of the personality), the ego (the rational part of the personality) and the super-ego (moral branch of the personality, which distinguishes right from wrong). ... These are the result of a three-way conflict between the id, the ego and the super-ego (Santrock, 1997). ... Th...
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