A Person Who Refuses to Acknowledge the Anxiety-Arousing Aspects of the Situation

question 249

Multiple Choice

A person who refuses to acknowledge the anxiety-arousing aspects of the situation is demonstrating ______________.

• A)denial
• B)reaction formation
• C)projection
• D)displacement

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Definitions:

Destructive

Causing great and irreparable harm or damage.

Defense Mechanisms

Psychological strategies used by individuals unconsciously to protect themselves from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Repression

A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where distressing thoughts and memories are unconsciously pushed out of conscious awareness.

Displacement

A defense mechanism where the mind substitutes either a new aim or a new object for goals felt in their original form to be dangerous or unacceptable.