As Oscar leaves a store, he sees some money on the ground. He picks it up but hesitates: he wants to keep the cash but thinks about how the owner might feel when the loss of $20 is discovered. According to Freud, the part of Oscar's personality structure causing his uncertainty about what he should do with the money is the:
A. preconscious.
B. conscious.
C. ego.
D. superego.
Answer: D
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Which of the following best describes the formula of the Pearson correlation coefficient?
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a. abscissa c. horizontal axis b. ordinate d. central axis
If you describe yourself as bright, impatient, assertive, and kind, say that you feel a high genuine regard for yourself, and also describe the way you would like to be, you are presenting a total picture of yourself
All of this collective knowledge makes up your self-image known as: A. self-esteem B. self-consciousness C. self-concept D. self-actualization