Andre would just love to have that cream puff that he sees through a bakery window on Yonge Street in Toronto. But, he resists the urge and keeps on walking. Freudian theory would say that this is representative of the:
A) left hemisphere of the brain
B) ego
C) superego
D) right hemisphere of the brain
E) id

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The superego is the part of the personality that represents the moral and ethical values of society. It is the superego that tells us what is right and wrong, and it is the superego that makes us feel guilty when we do something wrong. In this case, Andre's superego is telling him that it is wrong to eat the cream puff, and so he resists the urge and keeps on walking.

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