CH8 Auchincloss

Question 1

The ego

Answer 1

Executive agent of the mind.
- Important for self-regulation and adaptation
- Mediating conflict and forging compromise
- Forms the mental representation of the self and object

• Functions mostly outside of awareness
• Capable of internalisation, identification of the self-image that results from that and forming ego identity (stable sense of self)

Question 2

The id

Answer 2

Motivational forces; drives

Question 3

The superego

Answer 3

Moral imperative and ideals; the conscious.

Question 4

Topographic POV

Answer 4

Ego and superego have both conscious, preconscious and unconscious aspects

Id is entirely unconscious

Question 5

Motivational pov

Answer 5

Ego seeks homeostasis and adaptation.

Id is seat of basic pleasure-seeking motives/drives.

Superego is concerned with moral imperatives

These three motivations are always in conflict. Compromise must be forged

Question 6

Developmental pov

Answer 6

Ego develops throughout life and goes through Eriksons 8 stages to learn the psychological capacity that comes with that stage.

In pathology, the ego strength is weak.

Question 7

Therapeutic a tion

Answer 7

Exploring the strategies by which ego maintains homeostasis and adaptation. “Where the id was, there ego shall be”

Question 7

Therapeutic a tion

Answer 7

Exploring the strategies by which ego maintains homeostasis and adaptation. “Where the id was, there ego shall be”