If You Were Asked to Explain Freud's Structure of the Mind

question 86

Multiple Choice

If you were asked to explain Freud's structure of the mind to a friend who was unfamiliar with psychology, you might use an organizational analogy in which the id would be the employee who comes to work late and takes very long lunch hours, the superego would be the building security guard, and the ego would be

• A) a newly hired employee.
• B) a recently fired employee.
• C) a manager.
• D) a salesperson.

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Definitions:

Cultures

The shared practices, values, and beliefs of a group of people.

Groupthink

A phenomenon where the desire for harmony or conformity in a group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Collaboration

Working together with one or more people to achieve a common goal or complete a task.

Wider Knowledge Base

An extensive scope of information and understanding across various subjects or fields.