The ego-ideal, which is the second part of the superego, consists of:
a. those behaviors for which children are punished.
b. good or correct behaviors for which children are praised.
c. the reality principle and its strivings for the ideal ego.
d. ideals and principles the ego has rejected.
ANS: B
FEEDBACK: The superego consists of a set of forces—a powerful and largely unconscious set of dictates or beliefs—that we acquire in childhood: our ideas of right and wrong. The second part of the superego is the ego-ideal, which consists of good, or correct, behaviors for which children have been praised.
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