Mental Process
reality testing
re·al·i·ty test·ing
Subclass of:
Ego (personality)
Definitions related to reality testing:
  • Fundamental ego function that consists of tentative actions that test and objectively evaluate the nature and limits of the environment: includes the ability to differentiate between the external world and the internal world and to accurately judge the relation between the self and the environment.
    Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
    BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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