According to Freud, when impulses from the id overwhelm the ego, the person experiences
A)incongruence.
B)neurotic anxiety.
C)moral anxiety.
D)organismic valuing.

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Freud posited that neurotic anxiety occurs when there is a conflict between the id (instinctual, unconscious desires) and the ego (the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the id and the super-ego). When impulses from the id overwhelm the ego, the individual experiences neurotic anxiety because the ego fears it will lose control.

According to Freud, When Impulses from the Id Overwhelm the Ego