Jenny spends most of her psychic energy trying to push her memory of a recent mugging out of conscious awareness. According to Freud, if Jenny tries to write a novel, she will find that
A) the repression has created additional psychic energy that will make her more creative.
B) she has little psychic energy left to spend on her writing.
C) nothing has changed, and her writing will proceed as well as it normally does.
D) the repression has created additional energy for her to invest in other outlets.

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Freud's theory suggests that psychic energy is finite. If Jenny spends a significant amount of this energy repressing memories, she would have less available for other activities, such as creative writing.

Jenny Spends Most of Her Psychic Energy Trying to Push