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How Might We Explain the Behavior of Someone Who Fails

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How might we explain the behavior of someone who fails to wear a helmet when riding a bicycle even though that person knows that wearing a helmet could prevent brain damage from an accident?


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Psychological Defense Mechanism

Strategies employed by the unconscious mind to protect itself from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Freud

Sigmund Freud was a neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Defense Mechanisms

Subconscious tools used to safeguard against distress caused by unwanted or unacceptable emotions and ideas.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

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