The Intrapsychic Domain



The Intrapsychic Domain

Introduction

Intrapsychic domain is about the mental mechanisms of personality, many of which operate outside the sphere of consciousness. Intrapsychic means that originates occurs or is located within the psyche or mind (Robert, 2009). This paper aims at different theories and finding strengths and weakness of Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality, Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues and Motives and Personality.

Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality

Psychoanalytic personality theory defines that within the limitation of civilized society the how human beings manage their aggressive and sexual instincts. For Freud, the personality is divided into three levels or strata: the id (), ego (I) and the super-ego (superego). Each has a role and develops in a different phase of our development.

I ± (rider) is in control of the horse (the id).

This ± (horse) does what he wants

Superego ± (coach) rules of play.

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I Aware (rational)

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IT unconscious (irrational)

The id is present at birth and would consist of basic needs such as hunger, thirst and sexuality, which he called life instinct, which would be fed by a form of energy called libido. The hungry baby cries to be fed, no matter if your mother, for example, is asleep, because for him the need is paramount and will not stop until their demands are not satisfied that need. For Freud, these instincts are at the root of all human behavior. Although not always satisfy the instincts directly.

The ego (I) develops after birth when the child realizes that all he wants to get it automatically and will therefore have to find a way to get it (John, 2009). This process is known as the test of reality. So baby, run by his id (irrational and unconscious) cry in the crib until it is fed, while the ego (rational ...