Id

Definition

The Id is one of three parts of personality in Freud's model. It is entirely unconscious and includes instinctive and primitive behaviors. It demands immediate gratification.

Related terms

Pleasure Principle: This is the driving force guiding the id, which seeks immediate gratification of all needs, wants, and urges.

Unconscious Mind: A reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, memories that are outside our conscious awareness but influence our behavior significantly according to Freud’s theory.

Libido: In Freudian psychology this term refers to sexual desire or drive for survival; it's energy created by survival or sexual instincts.