One’s character and outside appearance are reflected through the ego. The conscious ego is a result of the clash between the unconscious super-ego and id. There is a process that creates the super-ego and eventually affects the ego. This important procession is early object identification, leading to the Oedipus complex, in turn creating the super-ego, and as a result providing the ego with a profound influence. Object identification provides a person their earliest influence …showed first 75 words of 573 total…

…showed last 75 words of 573 total…super-ego. Thus the ego is not derived solely from the id, but other external forces in the form of the super-ego as the id and super-ego vie for power to represent the ego. The ego either accepts or represses erotic trends from the id, which developed during the primitive oral phase. Ultimately it is this fight between the id and the super-ego that determines what an individual acts upon, says, reacts, et cetera in consciousness.