Using Freud's personality theory, the nurse identifies the influence of the superego after observing a patient:
a. eating an entire chocolate pie.
b. becoming anxious about having no visitors.
c. monopolizing the attention of the physician.
d. giving back a $5 bill that another patient left on the table.
D
The superego is the mediator between right and wrong (the conscience).
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