In Freud's view, there was a continuing battle between two antagonistic parts of the personality: - the ________ - moderated by a third aspect of the self, the ________.

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In Freud's psychoanalytic theory, the personality is composed of three elements: the id, ego, and superego. The id represents basic instinctual drives and desires, the superego represents the moral conscience, and the ego mediates between the demands of the id, the superego, and reality. Thus, the ego moderates the battle between the id and the superego.  The id wants what it wants right now. The superego corresponds to the conscience. The ego is reality based, moderating the conflict between id impulses and superego demands.

In Freud's View, There Was a Continuing Battle Between Two