When Your Ego Comes Up with Seemingly Acceptable Explanations for Behaviors

question 227

Multiple Choice

When your ego comes up with seemingly acceptable explanations for behaviors actually based on id impulses, you are exhibiting the defense mechanism of:

• A) denial.
• B) rationalization.
• C) reaction formation.
• D) sublimation.

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Definitions:

CD

Can refer to a "Compact Disc" used for storing digital data or "Certificate of Deposit" in finance; context needed for specific definition.

Inference Forms

Patterns or structures of logical reasoning where conclusions are drawn from a set of premises.

MP

Short for "Member of Parliament," a representative elected to participate in the legislative process of a parliamentary democracy.

Inference Forms

Specific patterns of reasoning that are used to derive conclusions from premises.