Freud found that individuals with anal orientation of sexual life are dominated by certain personality traits, which are partly reactive formation against anal-erotic activity, and partly its sublimation. The main features of the anal type are: punctuality, frugality, obstinacy. In compulsive neurosis, too, certainly these tendencies intensify, so they need to be discussed in this section. In the [...]

A Short History of Sigmund Freud Theory Freud’s Topographical Model Conscious Preconscious Unconscious Freudian Theory and the Structural Model Id Ego Superego The interplay between these structures is referred to as the psychodynamics of the personality. ID: The deep, unconscious part of personality.  Composed of biological, instinctual drives.  Innate (born with it)  Seeks immediate, indiscriminant [...]