Suppose Sven wants to have a video game that he saw in a store, but he doesn't have the money to buy it, but he really wants it.Although Sven feels he should be able to have the video game, he recognizes that taking something that he can't pay for is wrong.According to Freud, which component of Sven's personality would resolve these competing goals?

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The ego is the component of personality that mediates between the desires of the id, the moral constraints of the superego, and the realities of the external world. In this scenario, Sven's ego would resolve the conflict between his desire to have the game (id) and his understanding that stealing is wrong (superego).

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