ego

n. 1. The conscious sense of personal identity for many theorists, including Jung and Murray. Jung differentiated between the ego and the self, which was an archetype of unity which lay between the conscious and unconsciousness. 2. In psychoanalysis, the executive function of the personality, which includes the self and makes decisions about actual behavior and mediates the desires of the id, the moral restraints of the superego, and the constraints and opportunities of reality using rational thought to make plans and carry them out. 3. The sense of self-worth.