If you've got a devil on one shoulder, telling you to do something "naughty," and an angel on the other, urging you to remain upright and moral, then the devil, according to Freud, would represent the __________.

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Freud's theory of personality includes three parts: the id, ego, and superego. The id is the primitive part of our personality that is driven by instinctual desires and seeks immediate gratification. The devil on the shoulder encouraging naughty behavior would likely represent the id, which operates on the pleasure principle.

If You've Got a Devil on One Shoulder, Telling You