AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -An adult suffers a nasty spider bite as a child and develops an intense phobia of spiders later in life without any recollection of the experience as a child. Because the memory of the spider bite is repressed, he or she may not understand where the phobia originates.

Detailed explanation-2: -Counting to ten when angry before taking action is a good example of suppression, this technique is also very useful in everyday life. As an adult the person who has repressed an incident cannot get to this material by a conscious act of will; it’s simply not available.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of Denial Someone denies that they have an alcohol or substance use disorder because they can still function and go to work each day. After the unexpected death of a loved one, a person might refuse to accept the reality of the death and deny that anything has happened.

Detailed explanation-4: -Repression is one possible response to something unpleasant. For example, if a person is confronted with a fact about himself that he finds unbearably shameful (a discreditable wish, a degrading fantasy, an embarrassing physical feature), one option is to banish it from awareness, to pretend that it doesn’t exist.

Detailed explanation-5: -A sublimation defense mechanism works by redirecting negative feelings or impulses into positive ones. For example, someone with anger issues may channel their aggressive urges into sports instead of lashing out at others physically or verbally.