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      • The father of psychoanalysis, Freud unravelled the unconscious realm, proposing that it shapes personality through childhood experiences and drives. His id-ego-superego model revolutionised thinking on the mind. Expanding his topographic model, Freud proposed that the id represents primal urges, the ego rationality and the superego morality.
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    • Charles Stangor, Jennifer Walinga
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