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According to Sigmund Freud, which personality component tries to strike a balance between selfish drives and socially appropriate behavior?

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Answer:

A. superego

B. id

C. I

D. ego

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Answer:

The correct answer is the ego.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud and his he psychoanalytic theory of personality, human personality is composed of three main elements known as the id, the ego, and the superego which, following his theory, work together to create human behaviors.

From Freud perspective, the personality component that tries to strike a balance between selfish drives and socially appropriate behavior is the ego. According to Freud, this component of the human personality develops from the id, which is present from birth and includes primitive behaviors. This means that the ego ensures that the impulses of the id can be expressed in an acceptable way in the real world.

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