PERSONALITY
PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES
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Question
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Read the following description and select the defense mechanism it describes:When you use this defense mechanism, you might not admit to yourself that you are failing a class even though your last three tests were “F’s”.
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Projection
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Denial
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Displacement
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Rationalization
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Here are a few common defense mechanisms: Denial. Repression. Projection. Displacement.
Detailed explanation-2: -7 Main Defense Mechanisms This list is sometimes shortened to provide only seven main defense mechanisms, which are denial, displacement, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, repression, and sublimation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Anna Freud defined defense mechanisms as “unconscious resources used by the ego” to decrease internal stress ultimately. Patients often devise these unconscious mechanisms to decrease conflict within themselves, specifically between the superego and id.
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