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Ego Psychology: Miley Cyrus

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Miley Cyrus is a prefect person that has a high ego behavior that is connected to Ego Psychology. Miley is highly confident in herself, she does not recognize her flaws, focuses on herself more than others, and has trouble validating others opinions. Ego Psychology is the study of the ego as a major central role of person. This study came from neoanalytic theorists that wanted to focus on the ego compare to the other two parts of Frued’s idea of personality. The neoanalytic theorists all have different ways how the ego becomes such a big part of a person’s personality. Some theorists argue that ego has various stages and grows in a negative or positive ways, is influenced by inferiority or superiority complexes, and there are strength levels

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