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Gerze Sibley
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Which of the following is not a key limitation to Freud's theory?

A) The idea that the adult personality is formed by the time a child is five or six
B) The idea that the ego defends against anxiety
C) Freud's emphasis on instinctual influences on personality
D) The negative tone of Freud's theory of human personality

Freud's Theory

An approach to understanding human behavior that focuses on the role of unconscious desires and conflicts as the primary drivers of human actions.

Adult Personality

Characteristics and patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior that are established during adulthood.

Ego

In Freud’s structural model, the part of personality that considers external reality while mediating between the demands of the id and the superego.

  • Understand the criticisms and limitations of Freud's theory according to neo-Freudian viewpoints.
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