Mia yields to peer pressure to smoke a cigarette. She feels guilty and worthless for not living up to her personal and family standards of behavior. According to psychoanalytic theory, she is being punished by her

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According to psychoanalytic theory, the conscience is part of the superego that punishes the ego through feelings of guilt when one does not live up to moral standards.

Mia Yields to Peer Pressure to Smoke a Cigarette