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In Freudian psychoanalysis, the ability of the mind to assess the reality of the external world, and to act upon it accordingly, as opposed to acting on the pleasure principle
In Freudian psychology and psychoanalysis, the reality principle is the ability of the mind to assess the reality of the external world, and to act upon it accordingly, as opposed to acting according to the pleasure principle. The reality principle is the governing principle of the actions taken by the ego, after its slow development from a "pleasure-ego" into a "reality-ego". Wikipedia