The psychoanalytic theory was developed by Sigmund Freud. According to Freuds theory of personality, personality is composed of three elements. These three elements are known as the Id, the ego and the super ego which all work together to create unique and complex human behaviors. The id the component of personality is present from birth and consists of instinctive and primitive behaviors. The Id strives for immediate gratification of all desires, wants, and needs which need to be satisfied immediately or else the result is a state of anxiety of tension; i.e. hunger or thirst. The ego is the component of the personality that is responsible for dealing with reality. According to Freud, the ego develops from the Id and ensures that the impulses of the Id can be expressed in a manner acceptable in the real world. The ego functions in both the conscious, preconscious and unconscious mind. The ego allows the Id to satisfy desires but only at a certain time or place. The last component of the psychoanalytic theory is the Superego, which provides guidelines for making judgements. The superego is the aspect of personality that holds all of our internalized moral standards and ideals that we acquire from both parents and society, meaning out sense of right and wrong. The superego acts to perfect and civilize our behavior. It works to suppress all unacceptable urges of the id and struggles to make the ego act upon idealistic standards rather that upon realistic principles. The superego is present in the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. There are two parts of the superego. The ego ideal, which includes the rules and standards for good behavior approved by a parental or other authority figures which leads to feelings of pride, value and accomplishment. The other part of the conscience includes information about things that are view as bad by parents and society. These behaviors are "forbidden" to society and lead to bad consequences, punishments and feelings of...