Jay is an executive with a large financial firm. Any time his investments do poorly, he throws temper tantrums and breaks things. Then he starts barking orders at his secretary. Which personality structure would Freud say is exerting control?
a) id
b) superego
c) ego
d) preconscious
ANS: A, The id operates on the pleasure principle, and is concerned only with gratification of needs. It has no regard for right or wrong.
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