Question

Freud used the example of a rider and his horse to illustrate the relationship of two components of personality structure. In this analogy, the rider must hold in check the superior strength of the horse, and often the rider is obliged to guide the horse. In this analogy, the rider represents the ________ and the horse represents the ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

ego; id

Explanation:

The analogy where the horse is the id, often "wild" and the ego, which is th rider-

Freud argues that there is an innate id, which has the primitive instincts and drives of our mind where sexual and aggression are primary drives.

As time passes people will tend to hide and suppress the drives in a society where there are regulations for the conduct and expression of desires.

This is where the "rider will represent the ego" whereas the id will be that forces that are beyond our conscience and that are systematically repressed by our social or moral constraints.

The unevolved part will be the id, that source of conflicting drives and forces that sometimes will cause conflict to our rational part.

The horse can often be a wild animal, that wants to take its own course, therefore the Ego will act as a rider, to enable that the basic urges, needs seeking pleasure for pleasure will find a way to be expressed.