When Lisa Received a Paper with a D Grade,she Immediately

question 332

Multiple Choice

When Lisa received a paper with a D grade,she immediately told her friends (and herself) that it didn't matter because she had intended to drop the course all along.Which defence mechanisms is Lisa using?

• A)repression
• B)rationalization
• C)projection
• D)identification

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Definitions:

Connectionist Model

A theoretical approach in cognitive science that argues mental phenomena can be described by artificial neural networks or activities of interconnected nodes, simulating the way neurons work in the brain.

Letters

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Word-Superiority Effect

A phenomenon where words are more easily recognized and processed than individual letters or non-words in reading and perception tasks.

Whole-Word Method

An approach to teaching reading that emphasizes the recognition of words as whole units rather than as a sequence of letters and sounds.