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Showing 1 to 20 of 399 for “"ego"”.
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Examining ego fidelity
… by their values. We propose a new construct, ego fidelity, to refer to a disposition toward oneself, others, and situations that draws on internal values as a source of motivation. The purpose of the present research is to distinguish ego fidelity from self-esteem and self-efficacy. This …
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Ego Depletion and the Internet: Can We Study Ego-Depletion Online?
… refer to the attenuation of self-regulation as ego depletion. Recent research has successfully utilized computer based depletion manipulations and measures. Previous research has focused on depletion tasks and measures in a laboratory setting, but no known research has extended ego depletion …
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Ego-Feeling and Ego-Boundaries: An Examination of the Work and Legacy of Paul Federn
… the very first to consider the importance of the ego to psychoanalytic understanding of the mind and mental illness. This dissertation examines Federn’s key ideas-- ego-feeling and ego-boundaries-- their influence on later psychoanalytic formulations by Winnicott, Lewin, Isakower, Loewald, Anzieu …
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Ego Depletion and Delay of Gratification
Ego depletion suggests that self-control draws from a limited resource. Therefore, resistance to immediate temptation can be impaired when that resource is depleted. Participants performed a difficult or easy serial subtraction task (cognitive processing) in front of or in the absence of a video …
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Ego identity, egocentrism, and formal operations
… study investigated the relationships between ego identity, egocentrism, and formal operations in an adolescent setting. Also included in the study were various subscales of the different measurements, as well as grade in school and sex. It was hypothesized that a regression model could predict …
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Preventing and Repairing Ego Depletion Through Humor
<p>The theory of ego depletion views the capacity for self-control as a finite internal resource that declines with continual use. As the levels of this resource decline, performance within a host of domains is impaired, resulting in negative behavioral outcomes. Previous studies have sought to …
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The Role of Attention in Ego-Depletion
<p>The resource model of ego-depletion is unable to account for the results of several ego-depletion studies, whereas a recent mechanistic revision by Inzlicht and Schmeichel (2012) has focused on the role of attention and motivation in an effort to explain the phenomenon. Assessment of attention's …
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Alcohol and cognition: ego threat as a moderator
This study examined how ego threat (negative feedback) interacts with alcohol consumption to influence cognitive performance. We hypothesized ego threat would moderate the effects of alcohol on impulse control and attention in 30 college students (21-49 years). A 2×2 factorial design assessed …
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"Ego, scriptor cantilenae": The Cantos and Ezra Pound
1 PDF file (ix, 645 pages)
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Eriksonian ego identity and intimacy in marital relationships
… that the achievement of a reasonable sense of ego identity during adolescence is a prerequisite to the establishment of intimate relationships in adulthood. The sample consisted of 400 couples. Their names were drawn from a population of 1600 names which had been compiled from twelve church …
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Jealousy in romantic relationships, self-esteem and ego defenses
Despite the theoretical link between jealousy and self-esteem, research has yielded inconsistent results with regard to this relationship (review: White & Mullen, 1989). Although defenses such as projection, denial and repression have been linked with jealousy (Freud, 1922), there has been no …
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Children’s ego functioning and their stage of moral reasoning
… has been evidence suggesting that children's ego functioning is an important consideration in understanding moral functioning. This study investigated the relationship among these variables and how they relate to children’s moral reasoning level. Forty target children (Grade 5 and 10) …
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(W)alter ego: a journey of rediscovering my self
In this dissertation the author has explored how courage and compassion support personal change by encouraging the conditions to make new meaning and transform ways of being in the world, thereby developing capacity towards later stages of vertical development. Through courage, gently stepping into …
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Die alter ego in die romans van Etienne Leroux
Die konfrontasie tussen die mens en sy alter ego (die "antler" in die psige) is nie 'n onbekende verskynsel nie. Sedert die vroegste tye het filosowe en skrywers na die alter ego verwys en korter gelede het 'n aantal psigiaters, sielkundiges, antropoloe en literatore die dubbelganger/alter ego as …
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Exploring Developmental Change in Ego-Motion Experience Across Infancy
… characterized infants’ early experiences with ego-motion through scenes, before and after learning to locomote. We use ecological momentary assessments to quantify infants’ exposure to ego-motion through scenes, and how that changes with locomotor experience. We found that pre-crawling infants …
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Guilt as the criterion for establishing patterns of ego response
Research Project (M.S.W.)--Michigan State University. School of Social Work, 1967
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The Truth About Lying: Does a Lie Cause Ego Depletion?
<p>Ego depletion is defined as the loss of self-control resulting from prior acts of self-control. Several tasks cause ego depletion, including effortful cognitive tasks. I proposed that lying would create ego depletion due to the cognitive control associated with telling a lie. I further …
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The Appearance of the Other Ego in Edmund Husserl’s Phenomenology
… analyses of the appearance of the other ego in order to elucidate the essential components of the sense of the other ego: co-constitution, inaccessibility, and a unique process of verification. I open with an example illustrating the way in which other egos appear to me as different from …
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Ego Depletion-Induced Aberrant Driving in the Post-Work Commute
… workday stress hampers commuting safety, while ego depletion research has demonstrated that prior self-regulation leads to performance decrements in subsequent tasks. This study sought to unite these two lines of research by proposing that ego depletion-induced alterations in attention and …
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