Ben watches his mother make chocolate-chip cookies and knows she does not want him to eat any of the cookies before dinner.He is seriously tempted to help himself to a cookie or two once his mother leaves the room but decides not to since it is not right to do so.Identify Ben's Freudian structure of personality at work in this situation.
A)Superego
B)Ego
C)Id
D)Subconscious

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Even though Ben is tempted to help himself to a cookie or two once his mother is out of sight,he does not give in to the temptation because it is not right to do so.This situation displays Ben's superego at work because according to the Freudian structure of personality,superego is the moral branch of personality,the part that considers whether something is right or wrong.

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