According to Freud, aggressive and destructive urges are the result of the "instinct" known as
A) Thanatos.
B) the superego.
C) the ego.
D) Eros.

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According to Freudian theory, aggression and destructive urges come from the "death drive" or "Thanatos," which is one of the two basic instincts that humans possess (the other being the life drive or "Eros"). The death drive is associated with the desire to return to an inorganic state and to destroy oneself and others. It is believed that the tension between the life and death drives represents the fundamental conflict in human psychology.

According to Freud, Aggressive and Destructive Urges Are the Result