{"id":749,"date":"2016-02-10T04:49:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T04:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/?p=749"},"modified":"2021-03-03T17:41:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T12:11:28","slug":"what-is-tripartite-personality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/what-is-tripartite-personality\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Tripartite Personality? Theory of Personality, Id, Ego, Superego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personality development is a process of enhancing the individual personality of a person which <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">makes him stand out from the crowd, make their personal peculiar mark. Sigmund Freud gave a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">very famous theory of personality which is also known as the tripartite model of personality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The famous theory given by Sigmund Freud, The Theory of Personality is also commonly referred to as the tripartite model of personality.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_87_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/what-is-tripartite-personality\/#Theory_of_Tripartite_Personality\" >Theory of Tripartite Personality<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/what-is-tripartite-personality\/#3_Parts_of_Human_Psyche\" >3 Parts of Human Psyche<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/what-is-tripartite-personality\/#Roles_of_3_Parts_of_Human_Psyche\" >Roles of 3 Parts of Human Psyche<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/what-is-tripartite-personality\/#1_The_Id\" >1. The Id<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/what-is-tripartite-personality\/#2_The_Ego\" >2. The Ego<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/what-is-tripartite-personality\/#3_The_Superego\" >3. The Superego<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Theory_of_Tripartite_Personality\"><\/span>Theory of Tripartite Personality<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freud gave a psychoanalytic theory of personality development which consisted of 2 simple factors helping people to drive their persona and shaping their personality. The 2 factors are &#8211; Love and Aggression.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Parts_of_Human_Psyche\"><\/span>3 Parts of Human Psyche<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Freud, Psyche is structured into 3 parts (Tripartite). This is the reason that this theory is also known as the tripartite theory. The three parts are- The id, Ego, and Superego.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Roles_of_3_Parts_of_Human_Psyche\"><\/span>Roles of 3 Parts of Human Psyche<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These 3 parts play different roles in developing the different parts in a whole human life cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2067 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3-Parts-of-Human-Psyche.png\" alt=\"Role of 3 Parts of Human Psyche\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3-Parts-of-Human-Psyche.png 500w, https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3-Parts-of-Human-Psyche-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_The_Id\"><\/span>1. The Id<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Id contains all the inherited traits connected to one&amp;#39;s personality like-<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">life instinct \u2013 Eros<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Death or Aggressive Instinct- This is the impulsive or unconscious part of a person\u2019s psyche.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The id is never affected by realistic or logic or actual-world that&#8217;s why it functions on the pleasure principle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_The_Ego\"><\/span>2. The Ego<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the important parts of the Id is Ego. It gets modified with the influence of the external world. It is developed as a mediator between the external world and the unrealistic id. Unlike Id, Ego functions on reality principle and works on reasoning.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_The_Superego\"><\/span>3. The Superego<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Superego, the morals and values of the society are incorporated by the person. These can be<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">learned from parents or the people in the society. This Superego is developed around the age of 4 to 5 years. 4 to 5 years of age is also called the phallic age of psychosexual development. The Superego takes control over the impulse of Id and 2 mina systems. The superego consists of 2 mina systems &#8211; The conscience and The ideal Self.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personality development is a process of enhancing the individual personality of a person which makes him stand out from the crowd, make their personal peculiar mark. Sigmund Freud gave a very famous theory of personality which is also known as the tripartite model of personality. The famous theory given by Sigmund Freud, The Theory of &#8230; <a title=\"What is Tripartite Personality? Theory of Personality, Id, Ego, Superego\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/what-is-tripartite-personality\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What is Tripartite Personality? 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