You Are Really Angry with Your Boss and Would Really

question 155

Multiple Choice

You are really angry with your boss and would really like to punch him in the nose. But you realize that this may have consequences, so you go home and paint a picture of him falling off a building. According to Freud, this reflects the defence mechanism of

• A)rationalization
• B)denial
• C)projection
• D)sublimation
• E)reaction formation

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