A 40-Year-Old Patient Cries and Has a Tantrum When the Health

question 27

Multiple Choice

A 40-year-old patient cries and has a tantrum when the health care provider refuses to give her a prescription for diet pills.The nurse realizes that this is the use of which defense mechanism?

• A)Compensation
• B)Denial
• C)Regression
• D)Repression

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Definitions:

Caudate Putamen

A brain structure in the basal ganglia that plays significant roles in movement control, learning, and habit formation.

Apraxia

A neurological disorder characterized by the inability to perform purposeful movements or to use objects properly, not due to muscular weakness or loss of sensation.

Brain Regions

Specific areas within the brain responsible for different functions, such as memory, emotion, motor control, and sensory perception.

Damage

Physical harm caused to something in such a way that it is impaired or its value is decreased.