Reflection # 9

Inathaelle
EDF 2085
Prof: McNair
Well the reason I believe that Freud’s Theory on personality is so important is because of a sense of truth in it. He said humans are driven by two things sex and aggression. Sex representing reproduction essentially a means of survival for the human and for animals. So Freud’s saw sex I guess not only for pleasurable needs but an important aspect for the survival of mankind. The second one which is aggression has to do with us being able to protect ourselves from any hard that comes our way. Now, of course when you look at it that way he does not seem to be a crazy man. A lot of people do not like him or his work but I really do not see something wrong with it. But sex and aggression are not the two things that defy the human race. Maybe for rare amount of people it is the case but for humans as a whole it does not. The thing that I can’t understand is where one man can come up with such a theory. Moving on, the Id basically is the need to be pleased. The Id does not care for anyone else but itself (pleasure principle) if I need something I do not care how you do or what has to be done you better to what I want. That is essentially to me how the Id works. Now, if everyone was forever stuck in that stage then now one would care enough to even ask how someone was doing. Let alone notice if someone is in need of assistance. Looking at this, teachers cannot act in this matter because it is not about them but about the students. Okay the Ego, in this stage there is consciousness no longer being a selfish brat so to speak but realizing that others are as important as we are. I guess now I can say that this part teachers’ have in them to meet the needs of their students. When we realize that we are the center of the universe then we can begin to make a change in others lives as well as our own. Super ego, to me is total consciousness we have a sense of self control because we are aware of consequences. I think Freud is right in these three stages that the human being goes through. I do not agree with the fact that we are belligerent that sex and aggression is the two things that drives us. Well like you said in class we must learn to look past the bad to see the good.