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Chapter 8.A New Configuration and a New Concept: The Ego

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Problems Leading to Revision of the Topographic Model | As the Topographic Model Collapses, the Unconscious Expands | The Ego | Contribution of the Ego to Theory of Psychopathology and Therapeutic Action in the Structural Model | The Work of Well-Known Ego Psychologists | Points of Convergence Between the Structural Model and General Psychology | Chapter Summary and Chart of Core Dimensions | References

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This chapter introduces readers to the Structural Model of the mind, briefly defining the concepts id, ego, and superego. It reviews the reasons why the psychoanalytic model of the mind needed to be changed. It explores the concept of ego in greater depth. Vocabulary -introduced in this chapter includes the following: adaptation, autonomous ego functions, average expectable environment, ego, ego functions, ego identity/identity, ego psychology, ego strength, ego weakness, homeostasis, id, identification, internalization, reality testing, superego, and tripartite model.

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