A Classmate in Your Psychology Course Is Worried About the Selfish

question 82

Multiple Choice

A classmate in your psychology course is worried about the selfish and sometimes dangerous drives of the id.Which of the following should you say to your classmate to address this fear?

• A) Because id impulses are usually part of conscious awareness, we can learn to control them.
• B) Id fantasies never become part of conscious awareness, so we never act on them.
• C) Each of us develops an ego to help us behave more realistically.
• D) The selfish drives of the id are transformed to positive emotional expressions.

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