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Humans Appear to Be the Only Animals That Make Decisions

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Humans appear to be the only animals that make decisions about what to eat or not eat for ideological reasons.


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Personality

The amalgamation of traits or attributes that create a person's unique character and ways of behaving.

Free Association

A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient says whatever comes to mind without censorship as a way to uncover unconscious thoughts and feelings.

Reality

The state of things as they actually exist, outside of individual perceptions or interpretations.

Ego

The largely conscious, “executive” part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, the superego, and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id’s desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.

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