The individual's objective evaluation of the external world and the ability to differentiate adequately between it and the internal world; considered to be a primary ego function.

Annotation

note category: not a diag test: "ego function that consists of the objective evaluation & judgment of the external world"; no qualif

DUI

D011936 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0018547

History note

91(79); was see under EGO 1979-90

Public note

91; was see under EGO 1979-90