The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence

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Routledge, Apr 17, 2018 - Psychology - 204 pages
This book deals with one particular problem that is with the ways and means by which the ego wards off unpleasure and anxiety, and exercises control over impulsive behavior, affects, and instinctive urges. It is a major contribution to psychoanalytic psychology.
 

Contents

THE EGO AS THE SEAT OF OBSERVATION
THE EGOS DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS CONSIDERED AS AN OBJECT
THE MECHANISMS OF DEFENSE
ORIENTATION OF THE PROCESSES OF DEFENSE ACCORDING TO
Part II
DENIAL INFANTASY
RESTRICTION OF THE
IDENTIFICATION WITH THE AGGRESSOR
A FORM OF ALTRUISM
THE EGO AND THE ID AT PUBERTY
INSTINCTUAL ANXIETY DURING PUBERTY
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