[[Ego-psychology]] proceeds from an elaboration of the [[structure|structural model]] of [[Freud]]'s [[topology|second topography]] of the [[human]] [[psyche]] -- divided into three distinct agencies: the [[Heinz Hartmannid]] argued that , the =====Id[[ego]], Ego and Superego===== the [[Freudsuperego]] -- is the [[topologystructure|second topographystructural model]] from which [[ego-psychology]] proceeds.
divided into three agencies: the ego, the id and the superego.
-- his [[structure|structural model]]
[[Heinz Hartmann]] argued that the
===Structural Model of the Psyche===
[[Ego-psychology]] draws mainly on [[Freud]]'s [[structural model]] of the [[psyche]] -- comprising three agencies: the [[id]], the [[ego]], and the [[superego]].<ref>[[Freud]]'s [[structural model]] of the [[psyche]] was first put forward in ''[[The Ego and the Id]]'' (1923).</ref>
Since the [[ego]] plays a crucial role in mediating between the conflicting [[demand]]s of the [[instinctual]] [[id]], the [[moralistic]] [[superego]] and [[external]] [[reality]], more attention began to be paid to its [[development]] and [[structure]].
