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From: decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Re: superego/ego/id : some general questions
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Date: 5 Apr 88 00:00:45 GMT
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This doesn't really answer your question, but here's some related
terminology from another school of mental science called Dianetics,
developed by L. Ron Hubbard.

The kinds of behavior caused by the "id" and "superego" would be classified
as two varieties of subconscious "circuits" of the "reactive mind", which
as its name indicates, operates on a simple, associative, reactive basis
without involving the analytical mind.

The only distinction between these two facilities of the reactive mind
is that the "id" part records bodily sensations and offers them up for
reperception later under similar circumstances, and the "superego" part
is responsible for storing verbal judgements and ways to determine that
others are wrong and oneself is right.  This only appears to be
useful information in that it helped somebody win when it was originally
experienced, but since it does not involve the analytical mind, it
usually results in aberrative behavior.

Thus, you don't need your id or superego for anything in particular.
Anything good about your behavior comes from your analytical mind
(aka your "ego").

Dave Decot
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