Freud’s view of human nature can be summarized as . . .
a. We begin life as rational infants but become neurotic as we grow up
b. We begin life as near-psychotic infants and struggle throughout life to avoid regressing back to this psychotic-like state
c. We begin life free of innate drives but struggle to deal with them starting in adolescence
d. Freud, as a man of science, refused to speculate about “human nature.”
b. We begin life as near-psychotic infants and struggle throughout life to avoid regressing back to this psychotic-like state
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