reality principle

n. In psychoanalysis, the satisfaction of instinctual needs through awareness of and adjustment to environmental demands.

reality principle

n (Psychoanalysis) psychoanal control of behaviour by the ego to meet the conditions imposed by the external world

real′ity prin`ciple

n. Psychoanal. the realization that gratification must sometimes be deferred or forgone. [1920–25]

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Noun

reality principle - (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child grows it becomes aware of the real environment and the need to accommodate to itdepth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"principle - a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle - (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality

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reality principle

[rē′al·əd·ē ‚prin·sə·pəl] (psychology) The concept that the pleasure principle is normally modified by the demands of the external environment and that the individual adjusts to these inescapable requirements so that he ultimately secures satisfaction of his instinctual wishes.

reality principle

principle

[prin´sĭ-p'l] 1. a chemical component.2. a substance on which certain of the properties of a drug depend.3. an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct; in a given philosophical system it is a fundamental or general law or truth from which others are derived. In bioethics some important principles are beneficence, justice, nonmaleficence, and respect for autonomy; these are derived in part from professional roles and traditions.active principle any constituent of a drug that helps to confer upon it a medicinal property.Bobath p's a type of neurophysiological rehabilitation; see bobath method.Bohr's principle of complementarity reflexes do not independently account for the complex nature of infant behavior.negentropic principle a principle of general systems theory stating that open systems have mechanisms that slow down or arrest the process of movement toward less efficiency and growth. Negentropy (negative entropy) is the tendency toward order and organization.pleasure principle (pleasure-pain principle) in psychoanalytic theory, an inborn tendency to avoid pain and seek pleasure through the immediate reduction of tension by either direct or fantasied gratification.reality principle in psychoanalytic theory, the ego functions that modify the demands of the pleasure principle to meet the demands and requirements of the external world.