The superego
A) develops to curb the desires of the id so that the individual does not suffer any unpleasant consequences.
B) acts according to the reality principles.
C) is the internalization of the moral standards of our society.
D) operates by "secondary process thinking".
E) represents biological or instinctual drives.

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The superego is the internalization of the moral standards of our society. It acts as the conscience, working to control the impulses of the id and trying to make the individual behave according to moral and ethical principles.

The Superego