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REALITY PRINCIPLE [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

A tendency to take into account in an adaptive way, in perception, thinking, and action, whatever we consider the "real" features of an object or a situation. [It] represents a tendency to wrest our activities from the immediate need for discharge inherent in the pleasure principle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Comportement humain
DEF

L'un des deux principes (l'autre étant le principe de plaisir) qui commandent la vie psychique. Le principe de réalité vise à limiter le principe de plaisir en introduisant, dans la recherche du plaisir, le respect des conditions imposées par le réel: temporisation, détour, ajournement de la satisfaction et conformité aux lois du monde extérieur.

Spanish

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