of the id and it has been altered by the external world. Thus, the ego operates in accordance with the reality principle (Freud, 1984). It represents reality and common sense and influences behavior accordingly. The final domain of the mind is the "critical and moralizing function""(Freud, 1984: p 22) called the superego. The superego is the internalized morality of one's parents.
             The id and the ego are merged and the only time they can be distinguished from each other is in times of conflict between them (Freud, 1936). The primary mental processes of the id strive towards gratification, obeying the pleasure principle, while ego resists the id as these processes are disapproved by the social environment (Freud, 1984). The ego is also following the pleasure principle (as well as the reality principle) as it avoids unpleasure which could emerge with the possible gratification
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