Freud id, ego, superego

To become a healthy adult socially, mentally and physically Freud believed that children must develop a reasonable balance between id and superego. Id is the natural, unsocialized, biological portion of self, including hunger and sexual urges. Superego is composed of internalized social ideas about right and wrong. When describing the effects of socialization: the process through which people learn the rules and practices needed to participate successfully in their culture and society, Peter Berger said, “ Not only do people live in society, but society lives in people." We make up a society. The laws we set in place labeling right and wrong, and the authoritative persons we put in charge teach us obedience. Society lives in us: We learn at an early age to be obedient from going to school. Our teachers taught us that if we don’t follow the rules we get punished. When we grow older and start traveling; exploring the world we see many different society’s and cultures, but we do not lose our past teachings. We evolve with the society and culture around us. We reflect what we have been taught throughout our lives from when we are young to when we are just moving out of our parent’s home all the way till we are old and wrinkly. Socialization is a lifelong process and it is what makes us who we are, but we still have choices. Understanding the effects of socialization will help us make our choices more clearly. When it comes to individuality and identity the quote from Peter Berger suggests that society is part of who we are, but we are the ones that make up society. So, we have our own personal identity and that our identity is greatly influenced by what surrounds us in life. Symbolic interaction is useful in explaining how we and why we act the way we do. Two main concepts in Symbolic interaction is looking-glass self and role taking. Charles Horton Cooley proposed the self-concept is our sense of who we are as individuals, in terms of both our