Rebecca is 4 years old and is staring at the chocolate chip cookies cooling on the kitchen counter.She really wants one.They are sweet and yummy! Before leaving the room.Rebecca's mother told her that she could have some cookies after she eats her dinner.As Rebecca goes to grab a cookie,she pauses and decides to sit at the dinner table.Rebecca calls for her mother and says,"I'm ready for dinner." Which aspect of Rebecca's personality,according to Freud,is responsible for her actions?

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The ego is the aspect of our personality that mediates between the impulses of the id (our basic, primitive desires) and the moral constraints of the superego (our internalized sense of right and wrong). In this scenario, we can see that Rebecca's ego is playing a role in her decision to wait until after dinner to have a cookie, despite her immediate desire for one. She is able to delay gratification and follow her mother's rules, which are likely influenced by her developing superego.

Rebecca Is 4 Years Old and Is Staring at the Chocolate