According to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality, which component operates entirely on the pleasure principle, seeking immediate gratification of all desires and urges?
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The answer
Correct answer: B. The id, which represents primitive, instinctual urges and demands instant satisfaction without regard for reality.
Tested concept: Psychoanalytic theory of personality
Explanation
The id is the only component of personality in Freud's psychoanalytic theory that operates solely on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification of instinctual drives. The ego operates on the reality principle, mediating between the id's demands, the superego's ideals, and external reality. The superego operates on the morality principle, representing internalized societal and parental standards. The collective unconscious is a concept from Carl Jung's analytical psychology, not Freud's structural model of personality.
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