Question

Nelly's friends attempt to convince her 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 drug is most likely dictated by her ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answers are the Id and the Superego, respectively.

Explanation:

• The Id is entirely unconscious, thus it includes primitive behaviours. Nelly's tempation to take the cocaine is based on the pleasure principle, shich seeks to gratify needs and desires immediately.
• The Superego holds our sense of tight and wrong, as it's based on internalized moral standards that we might acquire from society.  This means the Superego suppresses all unwanted urges from the Id, and enables us to civilise our behaviour.