Psychodynamics - A short definition

In Freud's theories, psychodynamics refers to internal psychic conflict between different aspects of the self, and the defences used to deal with it. The self has three aspects: 

1. the id, which is concerned with biological needs and seeking pleasure;
2. the ego; which works on the reality principle, and is concerned with integrating the different parts of the self;
3. the superego or conscience, based on the introjection of the moral attitudes of others, particularly the father. This conflict is unconscious.

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