Glossary E

Glossary E

Ego anxiety when individuals’ sense of self worth is threatened and they feel that they must perform well. There is a belief that if individuals don’t get or do what they want, the results will be awful or catastrophic.

Ego defense mechanisms refer to the strategies available to the ego for distorting the anxiety-provoking aspects of reality, thus making them more tolerable.

Deutsch: Ich-Erschöpfung / Español: Agotamiento del ego / Português: Esgotamento do ego / Français: Épuisement de l'ego / Italian: Esaurimento dell'ego

Ego Depletion in the psychology context refers to the idea that self-control or willpower draws upon a limited pool of mental resources that can be used up. When the energy for mental activities is low, self-control is typically impaired, which leads to a decrease in the ability to resist temptations or make rational decisions.

Ego development is defined as the fundamental changes in the ways in which our thoughts, values, morals, and goals are organized. Transitions from one stage to another depend on both internal biological changes and external social changes to which the person must adapt.

Ego ideal refers to a representation in the child of Values that are approved by the parents. It is present in the Superego as a concern with movement toward perfectionist goals.

Ego Identity refers to the self -image formed during Adolescence that integrates our ideas of what we are and what we want to be.

Ego integrity refers to the maintenance of one's sense of wholeness.

Ego needs refers to the fourth step in Maslow’s hierarchy, concerning the individual’s need for recognition and success.