Freud saw self and society in basic conflict not in harmony He named this self as_________________?

Correct answer: C. Antisocial self

  • A. looking glass self
  • B. Generalized other
  • C. Antisocial self
  • D. None of these

Explanation

Freud emphasized tension between instinctual desires and society’s restrictions, a conflict expressed here through the idea of the antisocial self. The generalized other and looking-glass self belong to Mead and Cooley’s interactionist accounts, not Freud’s terminology.

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