CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

FREUDS PERSONALITY THEORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Marty frequently becomes angry at his wife. The real object of his anger is his mother. This defense mechanism is called:
A
Projection
B
Rationalization
C
Reaction Formation
D
Displacement
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, Displacement is the type of defense mechanism used by a person when he gets angry at his child or spouse because he had a bad day at work. Option 3 is the correct answer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. When regression is used as a defense mechanism, individuals cope with stressors by acting in a childish, immature, or age-inappropriate manner, that is, they regress to earlier developmental stages, such as when it is normal to have excessive dependence or temper tantrums.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following are true of defense mechanisms? They work by unconsciously distorting reality.

Detailed explanation-4: -Displacement is a psychological defense mechanism in which a person redirects a negative emotion from its original source to a less threatening recipient.

Detailed explanation-5: -Suppression is the voluntary form of repression proposed by Sigmund Freud in 1892. It is the conscious process of pushing unwanted, anxiety-provoking thoughts, memories, emotions, fantasies and desires out of awareness.

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