In the context of the structure of personality, the preconscious resides within:
a. the id.
c. the superego.
b. the ego.
d. both the id and the superego.
ANS: B
FEEDBACK: The preconscious is the storehouse of all our memories, perceptions, and thoughts of which we are not consciously aware at the moment. A growing child is taught to deal intelligently and rationally with other people and the outside world and to develop the powers of perception, recognition, judgment, and memory. These powers are contained in the ego.
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