To Ensure That an Instance Variable Can Only Be Accessed

question 58

Multiple Choice

To ensure that an instance variable can only be accessed by the class that declared it, how should the variable be declared?

• A)public
• B)private
• C)protected
• D)final

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Definitions:

Intellectualization

A coping strategy that employs logic to avoid facing an internal conflict and the emotional turmoil it brings.

Detaching

The process of emotionally or physically distancing oneself from a person, situation, or thought.

Projection

A defense mechanism in psychology where individuals attribute their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives to another person.

Reaction Formation

This defense mechanism involves the disguising of one's own threatening impulses by attributing them to others in an exaggerated or opposite form, as a means of coping with anxiety.