The Superego Enables a Person to Deal with Life's Practical

question 70

True/False

The superego enables a person to deal with life's practical demands.

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Definitions:

Biological Drives

Innate impulses in living organisms that direct behavior towards fulfilling basic needs such as hunger, thirst, and sexual reproduction.

Personality

A mixture of traits and attributes that create a person's unique personality, affecting their actions, feelings, and thinking processes.

Phallic Stage

A phase in Sigmund Freud's theory of psychosexual development, occurring from ages three to six, where the libido’s focus is on the genital organs.

Penis Envy

A controversial psychoanalytic theory proposed by Freud that suggests girls experience anxiety and feelings of inferiority upon realizing they do not have a penis.