According to Sigmund Freud, the human psyche exists in three parts (id, ego and superego) that compete for control of our behaviors. Freud’s conception of the “id” mostly refers to what we would call ...

The term ego is as confusing as any in psychology. Not only is the word itself used to refer to several distinct psychological constructs and processes, but the psychological landscape is littered ...

Ego psychology is a school of psychoanalysis that originated in Sigmund Freud's ego-id-superego model. After Freud, a number of prominent psychoanalytic theorists began to elaborate on Freud's ...

At the Cafe Freud, a whimsical watering hole two doors down from the apartment where Sigmund Freud plumbed the human psyche, a famous poster commands instant attention. Subscribe to read this story ad ...

An alter ego is literally another self, a second identity that a person takes on that is wholly separate and unique from their original self. Latin for “self” or “I,” the ego is one of three parts of ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American He has such an ego. That’s probably a defense ...