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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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What does "id impulse" mean?

It seems to mean "identity impulse," which I failed to google it out. What does it mean?

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Adorno, et al. (1950) viewed the authoritarian personality as having a strict superego that controls a weak ego unable to cope with strong id impulses. The resulting intrapsychic conflicts cause personal insecurities, resulting in that person’s superego to adhere to externally imposed conventional norms (conventionalism), and to the authorities who impose these norms (authoritarian submission). The ego-defense mechanism of projection occurs as indicated when that person avoids self-reference of the anxiety producing id impulse, by displaying them onto “inferior” minority groups in the given culture (projectivity), with associated beliefs that are highly evaluative (power and toughness), and rigid (stereotypy). Additionally, there is a cynical view of mankind and a need for power and toughness resulting from the anxieties produced by perceived lapses in society’s conventional norms (destructiveness and cynicism). Other characteristics of this personality type are a general tendency to focus upon those who violate conventional values and act harshly towards them (authoritarian aggression), a general opposition to subjective or imaginative tendencies (anti-intraception), a tendency to believe in mystic determination (superstition), and finally, an exaggerated concern with promiscuity.
  

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NL888 It seems to mean "identity impulse," That's what I would guess, too.

  • NL888 It seems to mean "identity impulse," That's what I would guess, too.
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NL888It seems to mean "identity impulse,"
That's what I would guess, too.
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Thank you.

The real question is what does identity impulse mean?

An id that is regarded as inferior in society might trigger am impulse to change it. Typically, authoritarianism is one of the forms of such impulses?
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NL888The real question is what does identity impulse mean?
I suppose that it means the drive to assert one's individual identity.

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