There Were Three Friends

question 247

Multiple Choice

There were three friends. Harry was rational, logical, and cunning. Hermione was rule-oriented, moral, and always ethical. Ron was pleasure-seeking, found it hard to delay gratification, and usually just did what he wanted. According to Freud, Hermione was mostly ___________.

• A) ego
• B) superego
• C) alter ego
• D) id

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Definitions:

Empathy

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another individual from their perspective.

Altruistic Helping

Altruistic helping is a form of selfless assistance provided to others without the expectation of reward or benefit to oneself, driven by a genuine desire to improve others' well-being.

Zero-sum Helping

A situation where the act of helping someone results in a direct disadvantage or cost to someone else, making the net change in welfare zero.

Egoistic Helping

Helping behavior motivated by the desire to improve one's own welfare rather than that of others.