One Reason the Soviet Union Eventually Collapsed Was

question 19

Multiple Choice

One reason the Soviet Union eventually collapsed was

• A)its heavy defense expenditures.
• B)its isolation from Western technology and markets.
• C)its inefficient centralized command economy.
• D)all of these: heavy defense expenditures; isolation from Western technology and markets; and its inefficient centralized command economy.
• E)None of these answers is correct.

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Definitions:

Projection

A defense mechanism in which unwanted feelings are displaced onto another person, where they then appear as a threat from the external world.

Sublimation

Sublimation is a defense mechanism proposed by Freud in which socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior, possibly resulting in a long-term conversion of the initial impulse.

Displacement

In psychology, a defense mechanism where an individual shifts negative feelings from the original source to a safer or more acceptable target.

Denial

A defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality.