A nurse plans an intervention to supports a patient's ego. This intervention is therapeutic, because the individual's ego
a. provides rational, logical reality testing.
b. is primarily concerned with right and wrong.
c. uses primary process imagery to meet basic needs.
d. is derived from the individual's pattern of thinking.
A
The ego focuses on the reality principle and uses secondary-process thinking, a logical, rational operation to maintain the well-being of the individual. The superego is concerned with right and wrong. The id uses primary process. Ego formation is influenced by heredity, environment, and maturation.
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