Match the defense mechanism with the example. Jerry is driving in a screw to ref

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Match the defense mechanism with the example.

Jerry is driving in a screw to refasten the pull on his dresser. The screw-¬driver slips and mars the front of his dresser. When he exclaims, "Dumb screwdriver!" he is using __________ as a defense mechanism.

      [ Choose ]            Repression            Denial            Reaction Formation            Projection            Regression            Intellectualization            Sublimation            Rationalization      

Recent scandals involving politicians whose voting record is very anti-homosexual, having been found to be engaged in secret homosexual acts are examples of the defense mechanism of

      [ Choose ]            Repression            Denial            Reaction Formation            Projection            Regression            Intellectualization            Sublimation            Rationalization      

In the face of conflict and stress, people sometimes revert to immature, childlike patterns of behavior. The defense mechanism consistent with this pattern of behavior is

      [ Choose ]            Repression            Denial            Reaction Formation            Projection            Regression            Intellectualization            Sublimation            Rationalization      

Explanation / Answer

1. Jerry’s case illustrates that use of projection as he attributes his own mistakes to the screwdriver’s doing.

2. The politicians’ case illustrate the use of reaction formation as they have overtly adopted beliefs and attitudes that are completely opposite to their own impulses.

3. Reverting to immature and childlike patterns of behaviour is called regression.

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