According to psychoanalytic theory, the id operates on the pleasure principle, which means that it ...

According to psychoanalytic theory, the id operates on the pleasure principle, which means that it
 
  a. pays particular attention to social rules and regulations.
  b. thinks in an unemotional, logical, and rational manner.
  c. is sexual, aggressive, selfish, and envious.
 d. utilizes secondary process thinking.

Question 2

According to psychoanalytic theory, the ________ develops early in life to insure that we can adapt to the demands of the real world while still finding ways to meet our basic needs.
 
  a. ego
 b. superego
  c. libido
 d. ideal self

Question 3

Although Freud conceptualized the libido as the life energy within the id, many people think of it as the
 
  a. death instinct.
 b. sex drive.
 c. conscience.
 d. Oedipal conflict.

Question 4

In Freudian theory, libido and thanatos represent the two basic but opposing drives of
 
  a. life and death.
 b. sex and celibacy.
  c. good and evil.
 d. pleasure and pain.

Question 5

You have just read a newspaper article about a savage rape and murder. You wonder how someone could commit such a horrible crime. Then you recall from your study of Freudian theory that according to Freud, anyone could be a killer or rapist if ________ impulses are not well controlled.
 
  a. egoistic
 b. phallic
 c. id
 d. mesmeric