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:

Deadweight Loss

A loss of economic efficiency that can occur when the equilibrium for a good or a service is not achieved, resulting in a mismatch between supply and demand.

Deadweight Loss

The loss of economic efficiency that occurs when the optimal level of supply and demand is not achieved.

Labor Market

The demand and supply of labor, in which individuals look for jobs and employers search for employees.

Deadweight Loss

When a good or service fails to reach or cannot reach its market balance, an economic inefficiency occurs.