Six-year-old Marcel sees that his mother just baked some cookies.His immediate thought is to sneak a cookie before dinner,which is against his mother's wishes.According to Freud,the desire for the cookie and the thoughts of sneaking a cookie come from the ________ seeking to satisfy the ________ principle.

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According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, the id is the part of the personality that is present at birth and seeks to satisfy primitive drives such as hunger, thirst, and sexual impulses. The pleasure principle is the id's basic operating principle, which seeks immediate gratification of these impulses. Marcel's desire for the cookie and thoughts of sneaking it represent the id seeking immediate pleasure without regard for his mother's wishes.

Six-Year-Old Marcel Sees That His Mother Just Baked Some Cookies