The Personality of Psychology

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Dear Psychology,

What an adventure you and I have gone on this semester. From filling my brain with knowledge about...the brain... to explaining basic human behaviors. I have learned so much. The thing I found most fascinating was what you taught me about personality.

The three levels of consciousness Freud postulated called the ID, ego, and superego, was a fascinating way to describe every human.

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I really like the idea that we have base impulses that fuel us (id), and then our ego, and superego translate our actions to tell us of what we did was right or wrong. It makes it sound like your brain is watching you act and trying to make sense of it all. Which I think explains why we blurt things out loud.....which I do often.... so it was interesting to see a reason as to why.

It will be interesting to see how I now perceive and analyze situations in my life from here on out, thanks to you psychology.

-Goodbye

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I was attracted by the writing form. It looks like a letter from our brain. In addition, the picture is also visual to describe three levels of consciousness.

I agree that Freud's three levels of consciousness is a very interesting concept! Most of us don't think about how our decisions and actions come about, we just let them happen and don't think much further about how we came to that decision. Looking at your picture, I realized the three levels of consciousness kind of remind me of the angel/devil on your shoulder idea often used in movies when a character is contemplating a decision.

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