A system of psychoanalytic developmental psychology concerned especially with personality.
〔心理〕自我心理学
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Why was ego psychology so attractive to social work as a profession?
Kurtz may be somewhat unfair to ego-psychology, but he appears to me to reduce its approach to the frame to a purely pragmatic, reality based, goal of assisting the patient in effectively scheduling their lives.
Assessment in ego psychology partly shifts away from projective techniques toward more objective techniques.
Derivatives
ego-psychologist
noun
Psychology
Erik Erikson is the best-known example of an ego psychologist.
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The ego psychologist can engage in the continuous analytic pursuit of strengthening and expanding the ego.