According to Anna Freud, the function of the ego is to do what?
A. to work for a compromise between the id and superego.
B. to protect the person from anxiety, shame, guilt, and other anxiety-arousing issues.
C. to bring to the conscious level the anxieties that the individual is experiencing so that he or she can deal with these issues.
D. to renounce the utility of rationality.
Ans: B
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A. Ryan has a mild intellectual disability. B. Ryan is gifted. C. Ryan is average. D. Ryan's score is unlikely to be valid.
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