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.


c

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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a. pencil representing a telescope, stack of blocks representing a house b. thumbs-up gesture representing a job well done, pencil representing a telescope c. stack of blocks representing a house, numeral representing a given number of objects d. numeral representing a given number of objects, thumbs-up gesture representing a job well done

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