The purpose of the ego is to ensure that

a. tension is reduced immediately.
b. parental and societal values are followed.
c. instinctual drives are expressed appropriately.
d. all of these answers are correct


C

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a. for the first correct response after randomly varying amounts of time have passed b. for the next correct response after a fixed number of responses have been made c. for the first correct response after a fixed amount of time has passed d. for the next correct response after a varying number of responses have been made

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is termed cognitive a. reappraisal. b. restructuring. c. reevaluation. d. restating. e. redefining.

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