reality principle
reality principle · reality principles
Realitätsprinzip
The mental mechanism which guides a person, as he or she matures, in adapting to and…The mental mechanism which guides a person, as he or she matures, in adapting to and coping with the real, external world, by suppressing or deferring the childish gratification-seeking desires of the id.
Meaning
1 sensesThe mental mechanism which guides a person, as he or she matures, in adapting to and coping with the real, external world, by suppressing or deferring the childish gratification-seeking desires of the id.
Realitätsprinzip
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- (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child grows it becomes aware of the real environment and the need to accommodate to it
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mechanism which guides a person in coping with the real world:
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plural: reality principles| Singular | reality principle |
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1 related wordsRelatedpleasure principle