1．The Conflict-Free Ego Sphere 3
2．Adaptation 22
3．Adaptation and＂Fitting Together＂－The Reality Principle 38
4．Ego Development and Adaptation 48
5．Internalization，Thinking，and Rational Behavior 57
6．Some Integrative Functions of the Ego 74
7．Implications for the Concepts of Health and Education 80
8．Preconscious Automatisms 86
9．Ego Apparatuses．Autonomous Ego Development 100
Bibliography 109
Name Index 115
Subject Index 117