Freud Civilization And Its Dis

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In addition, they begin to understand that when they can't always get the object that gives them pleasure, they must adjust their desires to fit that environment. They begin by altering their physical environment and then their social environment.
The ego not only has to balance the id with reality, but also with the superego. This superego which Freud refers to is that agency which is formed over time by the parents, and later on, the society of the individual. Its function is to observe, judge, and threaten the ego with punishment just like the parents whose place it has taken (as the individual grows older). We generally would refer to it as our "conscience". As it is stated in the book, "The tension between the harsh super - ego and the ego that is subjected to it ... expresses itself as a need for punishment". The super - ego therefore enhances the reality principle so that it becomes internally ingrained within us.
Freud traces all actions and instincts back to ...

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