What Is True Regarding Defense Mechanisms

question 34

Multiple Choice

What is true regarding defense mechanisms?

• A) They are unconscious mental processes that protect people from anxiety, loss, conflict, or shame.
• B) They include denial, repression, displacement, regression, and projection.
• C) They may hide a variety of thoughts or feelings.
• D) All of the above
• E) A and B

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Definitions:

Sample Mean

The average value of a sample set of data, used as an estimate of the population mean.

Population Distribution

The spread of people across locations, often analyzed for understanding demographics or economic conditions.

Skewed

describes a distribution that is not symmetrical, with a longer tail on one side of the peak than the other.

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetrical around the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.