CAS PS 251 Study Guide - Final Guide: Margaret Mahler, Narcissistic Rage And Narcissistic Injury, Hand Washing
18 Jan 2014
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Heinz hartmann father of modern ego psychology: noted a problem with freud"s structural theory, freud believed that conflict was essential. Ego steals energy (libido: theoretical points, newborn is not only a creature of drives, ego apparatuses of primary autonomy , ego is a rational institution , definition of mental health. Id-ego matrix (hartmann: the ego develops on its own in early life, id and ego exists in parallel with each other. As a child, get comfort from parents: primary autonomy vs. secondary autonomy, primary autonomy is what you"re born with. Biologically given things: secondary autonomy the more rational thing society gets. A feedback loop from influences in the environment: primary autonomy leads to the secondary autonomy. That"s why the id and the ego are separate. Clinical disorder occur with the failure of repression. Things don"t work so it starts to leak out.
