Meyer plans to obtain quick money through gambling, but he realizes that he might get arrested by the police. This prevents him from going ahead with his gambling plan. According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, which of the following structures most likely stopped Meyer from going ahead with his plan? (A) Id (B) Ego (C) Animus (D) Superego

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Yosef Warren

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9 September, 20:25

Meyer plans to obtain quick money through gambling, but he realizes that he might get arrested by the police. This prevents him from going ahead with his gambling plan. According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, which of the following structures most likely stopped Meyer from going ahead with his plan? (A) Id (B) Ego (C) Animus (D) Superego

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(D) Superego

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Superego: Sigmund Freud has given three levels of personality in his psychoanalytic theory, in which the superego is the third level of personality. The superego is composed of personal ideals that we have obtained from our society and parents. The superego works to subdue the desires or urges of the id and attempts to make the ego act or behave morally, instead of practically or realistically.

The superego has two parts i. e the conscience and the ideal self. The conscience can penalize the ego through the feelings of guilt or culpability.