Ego

The conscious portion of the personality structure which serves to mediate between the demands of the primitive instinctual drives, (the id), of internalized parental and social prohibitions or the conscience, (the superego), and of reality.

Year introduced: 1968

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Tree Number(s): F01.752.747.189, F02.739.794.206

MeSH Unique ID: D004532

Entry Terms:

• Egos
• Self

Previous Indexing:

• Defense Mechanisms (1966-1967)
• Personality (1966-1967)
• Psychoanalytic Theory (1966-1967)

See Also:

• Self Psychology

All MeSH Categories
Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Personality
Personality Development
Ego
Reality Testing

All MeSH Categories
Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Psychological Phenomena
Psychological Theory
Psychoanalytic Theory
Ego
Reality Testing