(often one's extended family or work group) and defining one's identity accordingly. 3. over their environment rather than feeling helpless. 18. 19. defense mechanisms: in psychoanalytic theory, the ego's denial: psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which people 20. 6. ego: the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id's desires in ways that…
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