What did Freud believe that the ego does?

A. operates on a completely unconscious level
B. acts as a buffer between the desires of the id and the constraints of the real world
C. was under the direct control of the id
D. is the seat of conscience, or ethical principles of right and wrong


Answer: B

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Some theorists speculate that the imitation reflex is made possible by ____________________ that are found in human brains

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With their research on the infant named Albert, Watson and Rayner demonstrated that:?

a. ?emotions could be displaced to a stimuli other than those that had originally elicited the emotions b. ?bodily structure interacts with experience to produce personality c. ?there are important individual differences among people d. ?intelligence is only partially genetically determined

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