Which of the following arguments is based on Rank’s will psychology?

a. The human individual merely reflects her/his external biological and cultural milieu.
b. The individual has the power of self-determination which can be used intentionally to shape her/his psychosocial world.
c. The human will is “bad” because it represents genetically inherited aggressive/sexual instincts that must be somehow overcome or sublimated.
d. It is a psychology that presumes to impose pre-determined morals on people, namely clients in therapy.


Ans: B

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