Ego-Defenses

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Ego-Defenses

The tools the ego has avail-able to defend the individual from psychological stresses such as the forces of the id (libido) and the superego. Ego defenses are psychological constructs such as identification, rationalization, reaction formation, repression, sublimation, etc. Source: AMA

See: Ego-Defensive Function of Attitudes

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