Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory Posits That the Pleasure Principle Is _____

question 92

Multiple Choice

Freud's psychoanalytic theory posits that the pleasure principle is _____.

• A)information that we have in mind at any given moment in time
• B)the demand for instant gratification without regard to social rules or customs
• C)primitive sexual and aggressive impulses, memories of troubling emotional experiences, and unacceptable wishes or ideas
• D)information that can be retrieved from memory and brought into awareness at any time
• E)the internalized moral teachings of parents or other significant others that may be partially conscious and partially unconscious.

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Definitions:

Cohort Effect

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