You have just read a newspaper article about a savage rape and murder. You wonder how someone could commit such a horrible crime. Then you recall from your study of Freudian theory that according to Freud, anyone could be a killer or rapist if impulses were not well controlled.
A) egoistic
B) phallic
C) id
D) mesmeric

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According to Freudian theory, the id is the primitive and instinctual part of the mind that relates to basic drives such as hunger, thirst, and sexual desire. If these impulses are not well controlled, they can lead to destructive and antisocial behavior, including rape and murder. Freud believed that everyone possesses these impulses to some degree, but that it is the job of the ego to control and modify them in accordance with the demands of the external world.

You Have Just Read a Newspaper Article About a Savage