egopsykologian
Egopsykologia, often translated as ego psychology, is a school of psychoanalytic thought that emerged in the United States in the mid-20th century. It shifted the focus of psychoanalytic theory from the id and its primal drives to the ego and its functions. Key figures associated with this approach include Anna Freud, Heinz Hartmann, and Erik Erikson.
Central to ego psychology is the idea that the ego is not merely a passive mediator between
Erik Erikson, in particular, expanded ego psychology by proposing a theory of psychosocial development across the