According to the psychoanalytic theory, who was first developed by Sigmund Freud, our behaviors are mostly determined by our unconscious based on our early childhood experiences.
According to this theory, our personality is divided into three structures:
Id: It's the first structure, we are born with it and it is "in charge" of our impulses, it is related to our instincts.
Superego: This structure is usually associated with our "conscience", it's our moral compass and tells us what's right and what's wrong and it's formed later in life.
Ego: This structure is the mediator between the other two, it is in charge of determining if we are going to act according to our id or superego. It's our "self".
In this example, Jolene gets into fights frequently, she says she can't help but fight. We can see that <u>she is acting based on her impulses and without giving much thought to it and relying on her instincts</u>. Therefore, we can say that she is likely influenced by a strong id.
