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According to Sigmund Freud, human personality is complex and has more than a
single component. In his famous psychoanalytic theory, Freud states that
personality is composed of three elements known as the id, the ego, and the
superego. These elements work together to create complex human behaviors.
According to Freud's theory, certain aspects of your personality are more primal
and might pressure you to act upon your most basic urges. Other parts of your
personality work to counteract these urges and strive to make you conform to the
demands of reality.
Perhaps the most impactful idea put forth by Freud was his model of the human
mind. His model divides the mind into three layers, or regions:
The Id, Ego and Superego
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