Find the Limit

question 32

Multiple Choice

Find the limit.

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Definitions:

Compromise Formation

In modern psychoanalytic thought, the main job of the ego, which is to find a compromise among the different structures of the mind and the many different things the individual wants all at the same time. What the individual actually thinks and does is the result of this compromise.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the human personality that is rational, reality-oriented, and operates according to the principle of seeking pleasure and avoiding pain.

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that posits individuals seek immediate gratification to avoid pain and increase pleasure, driving much of human behavior.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.