Identify the defense mechanism in each of the following examples: After receivin
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Question
Identify the defense mechanism in each of the following examples:
After receiving a low grade on an exam, Phil slams the door as he leaves the classroom
George feels that his younger son, Gary, is unattractive and not very smart. He accuses his wife of picking on Gary and favoring their other son
After Sue Ann’s baby brother was born, she began to talk baby-talk and to suck her thumb like she did when she was younger.
Sixteen-year-old Tom had started using drugs, and the changes in his behavior made it pretty obvious, but Tom’s parents didn’t believe the school principal when she called to talk with them about the problem.
Many people who were interred in concentration camps were unable to recall events that happened in the camp during their internment.
Explanation / Answer
The various mechanisms of Defense-Freudian Psychodynamic Theory are as follows: (Answers to teh question will follow after this explanation):
Repression: It is blocking a threatening idea, or emotion from consciousness.
Projection: It is attributing one’s own unacceptable feelings and impulses to someone else.
Displacement: This defense mechanism is directing one’s emotions like anger, toward things, animals, or other people that are not the real object of one’s feelings.
Regression: It shows returning to more primitive levels of behavior in defense against anxiety or frustration.
Denial: It is refusal to admit that something unpleasant is happening.
1. Displacement
2. Projection
3. Regression
4. Denial
5. Repression