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Self-enhancement at the level of an observed effect describes the product of the motive. For example, self-enhancement can produce inflated self-ratings (positive illusions). Such ratings would be self-enhancement manifested as an observed effect. It is an observable instance of the motive. Ongoing process
Ego depletion is the idea that self-control or willpower draws upon conscious mental resources that can be taxed to exhaustion when in constant use with no reprieve (with the word "ego" used in the psychoanalytic sense rather than the colloquial sense). [1]
The over-evaluation of one's own ego [10] regularly appears in childish forms of love. [11] Optimal development allows a gradual decrease into a more realistic view of one's own place in the world. [12] A less optimal adjustment may later lead to what has been called defensive egotism, serving to overcompensate for a fragile concept of self. [13]
In psychoanalysis, egosyntonic behaviors, values, and feelings are in harmony with or acceptable to the needs and goals of the ego, or consistent with one's ideal self-image. Egodystonic (or ego alien [1]) behaviors are the opposite, referring to thoughts and behaviors (dreams, compulsions, desires, etc.) that are conflicting or dissonant with ...
Egosurfing (also vanity searching, egosearching, egogoogling, autogoogling, self-googling) is the practice of searching for one's own name, or pseudonym on a popular search engine in order to review the results. [1] Similarly, an egosurfer is one who surfs the Internet for their own name to see what information appears.
Ego, a Telugu language film; Ego, a Spanish film; Ego (game engine), a video game engine developed by Codemasters; Ego, a defunct online magazine for Indian Americans; Ego (TV channel), an Israeli digital cable television channel; Ego the Living Planet, a character in the Marvel Comics universe
In psychology, grandiosity is a sense of superiority, uniqueness, or invulnerability that is unrealistic and not based on personal capability.It may be expressed by exaggerated beliefs regarding one's abilities, the belief that few other people have anything in common with oneself, and that one can only be understood by a few, very special people. [1]
Self storage (a shorthand for "self-service storage") is an industry that rents storage space (such as rooms, lockers, shipping containers, and/or outdoor space), also known as "storage units," to tenants, usually on a short-term basis (often month-to-month). Self-storage tenants include businesses and individuals.