| reality | That which exists objectively and in fact, and can be consensually validated. Origin: L. Res, thing, fact (05 Mar 2000) |
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| reality adaptation | The ability to adjust to the world as it exists. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reality awareness | The ability to distinguish external objects as being different from oneself. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reality principle | The concept that the pleasure principle in personality development is modified by the demands of external reality; the principle or force that compels the growing child to adapt to the demands of external reality. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reality testing | 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. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reality therapy | A form of therapy in which the patient learns to fulfill his needs of involvement and responsibility which are basic to facing and accepting reality. (12 Dec 1998) |
| retreat from reality | Substitution of imaginary satisfactions or fantasy for relations with the real world. (05 Mar 2000) |
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