Neurotic anxiety manifests in adulthood and is a conflict between the id and the superego
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: F
PTS: 1
A-HEAD: Anxiety: A Threat to the Ego
REF: 47, 48
FEEDBACK: Neurotic anxiety has its basis in childhood, in a conflict between instinctual gratification and reality. Neurotic anxiety involves a conflict between the id and the ego; moral anxiety involves a conflict between the id and the superego.
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