These two concepts can be viewed in psychological terms or processes, with the pleasure principle being considered the primary process that is moderated by the secondary process, or the reality principle.
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In his introductory lectures of 1915, at the University of Vienna, Freud popularized the concept of the " Phantasy " and the reality principle, comparing the former to a nature reserve.
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Id impulses are not appropriate in civilised society, so there is societal pressure to modify the pleasure principle in favour of the reality principle; that is, the requirements of the external world.
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But what the U . S . can do, and must do, is be the reality principle, setting the boundaries of what is permissible and showing both sides the pathway back to dialogue.
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That is the outcome we are heading toward, though, unless the only reality principle left, the United States of America, really intervenes _ with its influence, its wisdom and, if necessary, its troops.
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Rebellion against the constraints of the reality principle, in favour of a belief in infantile omnipotence, appears as a feature of all neurotic behavior-something perhaps seen most overtly in the actions of gamblers.
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In order to do so, the reality principle does not ignore the id, but strives instead to satisfy its desires in balanced and socially appropriate ways, through awareness of and adjustment to environmental demands.
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In the " Two Principles of Mental Functioning " of 1911, contrasting it with the reality principle, Freud spoke for the first time of " the pleasure-unpleasure principle, or more shortly the pleasure principle ".
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A further change in the reality principle from adolescence to adulthood can be a critical transition in its consolidation; but the impact of certain traumatic experiences may prove to be detrimental from within the unconscious.
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It follows that a work of popular fiction is governed not by the reality principle but by the pleasure principle : Its implied motto is " As you like it, " rather than " How it is ."
