Freud proposed that people have a primary human instinct as well as a death instinct. He called the latter instinct ____.
A)jocasta
B)eros
C)oedipus
D)thanatos

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Freud referred to the death instinct as "Thanatos," contrasting it with "Eros," the life instinct. Thanatos encompasses the instinctual drive towards death, self-destruction, and the return to the inorganic state.

Freud Proposed That People Have a Primary Human Instinct as Well