For the past few decades, it has been okay to look out for number 1, with the assumption that number 1 refers to an individualistic notion of the personand then mostly in the immediate moment, without regard for the individuals own longterm interests. Of these five approaches to the definition of ego, researchers in scientific psychology tend to adopt one of the first three. The morality of selfinterest and the facts that support it restates the objectivist philosophy and explains it in terms of how we can apply its principles to our own lives. Jan 31, 2017 the quiet ego is a way of construing the self that transcends egotism, not by neglecting the self but rather by facilitating a balance of concerns for the self and others as well as by facilitating the growth of the self and others. Instead of lamenting a cultural slide toward narcissism, transcending selfinterest. Psychological explorations of the quiet ego provides a constructive framework for understanding and conducting research onboth the problems of egocentrism and the ways of transcending it. Sep 30, 2015 excessive selfconcern increases perceptions of threat and defensiveness. This study examines whether the quiet ego scale qeswayment et al. Psychological explorations of the quiet ego as want to read. Ego an ego that too readily capitulates to the id, resulting in self seeking motivation, egotism, and conceit as connoted by a big ego. We developed and tested a novel brief intervention designed to strengthen a students compassionate selfidentity, an identity that values balance and growth by reminding them of four quiet ego characteristics.
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