Which of the Following Statements About Domination and Submission Is

question 30

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about domination and submission is FALSE?

• A)The activities involve consenting adults and normally do not result in psychological distress.
• B)The term sadomasochism is preferred by psychiatrists and psychologists to refer to domination and submission.
• C)The dominant partner is perceived as all-powerful and the submissive partner as powerless.
• D)The majority of people who engage in domination and submission do so as a form of sexual enhancement.

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Definitions:

Conscience

An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

Superego

A component of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality, which represents the ethical or moral self, holding internalized societal norms and ideals.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality responsible for dealing with reality while balancing the demands of the id and superego.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the psyche that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.