Leonora, a 75-year-old woman, has had a legal will prepared. She has bequeathed her life's savings to the charity of her choice. Her physical assets, such as her two homes, will be shared by her two daughters. Leonora's scenario illustrates _____

A) ego transcendence versus ego preoccupation
B) denial of current decline and the approach of death
C) ego preoccupation and body preoccupation
D) an incoherent and self-contradictory life review


A

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