Sally has a desire to eat a steak with a baked potato smothered with butter and sour cream.One component of her personality tells her that,because she is overweight,instead of eating the meal she should fast and direct her efforts to ending world hunger.Another component suggests that it would be better to eat a salad and a bran muffin,then run 3 kilometres.The fasting suggestion most likely was made by which component of personality?

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The fasting suggestion is an extreme moral decision, indicating that the superego is pushing Sally towards a very strict and self-sacrificing decision to help others rather than fulfilling her own desires. The id would be more focused on immediate pleasure and should have pushed Sally to eat the steak, while the ego would aim for a balance between the desires of the id and the morality of the superego. The oral stage is a Freudian theory of psychosexual development and is not relevant to Sally's current situation.

Sally Has a Desire to Eat a Steak with a Baked