How Freud's Pleasure Principle Works: by Kendra Cherry
How Freud's Pleasure Principle Works: by Kendra Cherry
How Freud's Pleasure Principle Works: by Kendra Cherry
By
Kendra Cherry
Fact checked by
Shereen Lehman, MS
on May 08, 2020
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So let's take a closer look at how the pleasure principle works and
how it drives behavior, but also the forces that help keep the pleasure
principle in line and help us behave in socially acceptable ways.
How the Pleasure Principle Works
Recall that the id is the most basic and animalistic part of the
personality. It is also the only part of the personality that Freud
believed was present from birth. The id is one of the strongest
motivating forces, but it is the part of the personality that also tends
to be buried at the deepest, unconscious level.3 It consists of all of
our most basic urges and desires.
Imagine that a very young child is thirsty. They might simply grab a
glass of water out of another person's hands and begin guzzling it
down. The pleasure principle dictates that the id will seek out the
most immediate way to gratify this need.
Once the ego has developed, however, the reality principle will push
the ego to look for more realistic and acceptable ways to fill these
needs. Instead of simply grabbing someone else's water, the child will
ask if they can also have a glass.
In our earlier example, rather than grabbing your boss's water bottle
when you feel thirsty in the middle of a meeting, the reality principle
urges you to wait until a more acceptable time to fulfill your thirst.
Instead, you wait until the meeting is over and retrieve your own
water bottle from your office.
atacaram nos últimos dias o futuro relator da CPI, o senador Renan Calheiros (MDB-
AL)
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STF, Sérgio Moro e o ex-presidente
Lula (Foto: Agencia Brasil | Stuckert)
Coube ao deputado federal Glauber Braga (Psol-RJ) traduzir para o
povo brasileiro a real condição do ex-juiz Sergio Moro, declarado
suspeito e parcial pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal há algumas
semanas, numa decisão que foi confirmada ontem pelo plenário da
corte. "Juiz ladrão", resumiu o parlamentar.
Porque aqui houve um ex-juiz que teve força para trair os interesses
nacionais, corromper o sistema de justiça e ganhar muito dinheiro
enquanto quase todos ao seu redor empobreciam. Este ex-juiz não foi
apenas "parcial" e "suspeito". Foi também corrupto e ladrão, como
definiu Glauber Braga.