Question

Marsha just received an income tax refund of $1500. rather than using this money for some needed expenses, she decides to go out of town. she gets a hotel room with her friends, goes out to eat, spends the day at an amusement park, etc. she seems to be dominated by the:

Answer 1

She seems to be dominated by the "superego".

Freud divided the personality into three sections, the id, ego and superego, all creating at various stages in our lives.The id is the piece of our mind which reacts specifically and instantly to the impulses and instincts. The identity of the infant kid is all id and just later does it build up an ego and super-ego.