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Natalie is a 16-year-old girl who just got her driver’s license. She asks her dad for the car to attend a sleepover at a friend’s house. The father does not want the vehicle out all night and tells her “no.” Natalie loves her father, but is extremely angry with him right now. This integration of contradictory experiences, ideas, and feelings describes what ego function?
  1. Object relations
  2. Synthesis
  3. Thought processes
  4. Defensive functioning
Explanation
Answer - B - The synthetic function within the ego has the capability to organize and unify other functions within a personality. The individual is able to feel, think, and act in a coherent manner. Pivotal development is achieved when one has the ability to synthesize these feelings.
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