After her favorite uncle died, Mayra unconsciously incorporated him into her own identity and began to feel toward herself what she had felt toward her uncle. In other words, she her dead uncle.

In other words, Mayra introjected her dead uncle.

Explanation:

Psychology says that introjection means a person replicating the behavior, action or attitude of another person.

Introjection occurs due to internalizing of the external authority. Mostly the external authority will be parents, relatives, friends or someone close to our heart.

In the above scenario, Mayra lost her favorite uncle. Unconsciously she internalized her uncle’s identity with her identity and started behaving like her dead uncle. She herself expressed the feel that she would feel towards her uncle.

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