Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Freuds Ideas

In my opinion, Freud is completely wrong about the idea that very young children are attracted to their parents of the opposite sex. Maybe it is possible if the mom is the only girl they ever see, but i still don't think that kids think that way. I don't understand why Freud would make this theory when their is not any sort of scientific evidence to prove it. I feel that a lot of kids would rather talk to their parent of opposite sex about personal things, but that is when the kid is older than 2, and that has nothing to do with being attracted to them. I don't think 2 year olds are jealous of the parent of the same sex. Even though i don't agree with the idea; the Cleveland Show is a pretty funny TV show that shows this theory. Cleveland's little baby is really jealous of Cleveland because he gets to sleep with his mom. During the show he tries to kill Cleveland various times and even throws himself down the stairs to get Cleveland and his mom to stop having sex and come help him. While i disagree with that particular idea; i do agree with the Id, the Superego and the Ego. I can completely relate to that. For example instead of doing homework i might play Call of Duty. This is caused by my Id which is the childish one that wants immediate satisfaction without any care on the consequences later, so it is what caused my to want to play video-games. However when i realize that i just played until ten o' clock and have a lot of homework due the next day; I start to feel very guilty that i played too long. This is caused by the more mature side of myself called the Superego. The Id wants to do the childish things and the Superego wants to do the mature thing. What decides between them is the ego; which is the moderator that wants to please everyone. The Ego, Superego, and Id can be shown in various cartoon when the angel and demon pop up on a characters shoulders. The Angel is the Superego that wants to do the smart/right thing, the Id is the Devil that wants to do the wrong thing which immediate gratification, and the character's head is the Ego that decides what to do.

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