Freudian psychoanalysis is based on the idea that personality is composed of three facets-the id, the ego, and the superego. Which of the following characteristics is not part of the ego?
A)The ego represents the reality principle.
B)The ego is judicial and moral.
C)The ego is responsible for reason and judgment.
D)The ego suspends pleasure in response to environmental factors.

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The superego, not the ego, is the facet responsible for moral and judicial reasoning. The ego acts to suppress the instincts of the id and the superego acts on the ego to fit those actions into an ethical system.

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