Of All Defense Mechanisms, ______ Is Typically Considered to Be

question 14

Multiple Choice

Of all defense mechanisms, ______ is typically considered to be the most mature or healthy by psychodynamic psychotherapists.

• A) displacement
• B) repression
• C) sublimation
• D) reaction formation

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Definitions:

Abnormal Behavior

Actions, thoughts, or feelings that are considered to deviate significantly from what is considered normal in a society or culture.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with a conditioned stimulus.

Behavior Therapy

A type of psychotherapy that focuses on changing undesirable behaviors.

Rational-Emotive Therapists

Therapists who apply the principles of rational-emotive therapy, which aims to resolve emotional and behavioral problems by confronting irrational beliefs.