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After [[Freud]], a [[number]] of prominent [[psychoanalytic]] theorists began to elaborate on Freud's [[functionalist]] version of the ego. They put much effort into theorizing the ego's various functions and how they can be impaired in [[psychopathology]]. Much of their [[work]] focused around strengthening the ego so it could better cope with the pressures from [[The Id|the id]], [[super-ego]], and [[society]] in general.
The central functions of the ego were traditionally seen as [[reality]]-testing, impulse-[[control]], judgment, [[affect]] [[tolerance]], [[defence]], and synthetic functioning. An important [[conceptual]] revision to Freud's [[structural]] [[theory]] was made when [[Heinz Hartmann]] argued that the healthy ego includes a sphere of [[autonomous]] ego functions that are independent of [[mental]] [[conflict]]. [[Memory]], [[motor coordination]], and reality-testing, for example, ought to be able to function without the intrusion of emotional conflict. According to [[Hartmann]], psychoanalytic [[treatment]] aims to expand the conflict-free sphere of ego functioning. By doing so, Hartmann believed, [[psychoanalysis]] facilitates ''[[adaptation]] '', that is, more effective mutual regulation of ego and [[environment]].
