Question

Nelly's friends attempt to convince nelly to try cocaine at a party. even though nelly is tempted, she resists because she knows that the consequences of her actions would be disastrous for her body. in the context of freud's structures of personality, nelly's temptation to take cocaine is most likely dictated by her _____. her decision not to take the cocaine is most likely dictated by her _____. ego; superego

Answer 1

The temptation Nelly feels to try the cocaine is more than likely dictated by her id. The fact that she was able to resist the temptation was dictated by her ego. In this case, Nelly recognized that using the cocaine would be a bad decision and her ego won out.