Superego

One of the components of Freud’s psychoanalytic theory. Superego is the leash on the id and works against its impulses. It does not manage the id but restrain it by punishing unacceptable behavior through the creation of guilt. It is that part of the personality that reflects society’s moral and ethical codes of conduct. The superego represents the ideal rather than the real. It motivate people to act in a moral way.