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[[Ego-psychology]] has been -- since its development in the 1930s -- the dominant [[school]] of [[psychoanalysis]] in the [[International Psycho-Analytical Association]] ([[IPA]]).
 
[[Ego-psychology]] has been -- since its development in the 1930s -- the dominant [[school]] of [[psychoanalysis]] in the [[International Psycho-Analytical Association]] ([[IPA]]).
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It draws mainly on [[Freud]]'s [[structural model]] of the [[psyche]] -- which was first put forward in ''[[The Ego and the Id]]'' (1923).
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This model comprises three agencies: the [[id]], the [[ego]], and the [[superego]].
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This model comprises three agencies:
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* the [[id]],
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* the [[ego]], and
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* the [[superego]].

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"ego-psychology" (Fr. psychologie du moi)

Ego-psychology has been -- since its development in the 1930s -- the dominant school of psychoanalysis in the International Psycho-Analytical Association (IPA).


It draws mainly on Freud's structural model of the psyche -- which was first put forward in The Ego and the Id (1923).

This model comprises three agencies: the id, the ego, and the superego.

This model comprises three agencies: