Which Defense Mechanism Involves Separating Emotion from a Threatening or Anxiety-Provoking

question 89

Multiple Choice

Which defense mechanism involves separating emotion from a threatening or anxiety-provoking situation by talking or thinking about it in impersonal terms?

• A)compensation
• B)rationalization
• C)intellectualization
• D)fantasy

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Definitions:

Negative Punishment

A behavior modification method where something desirable is removed to decrease the likelihood of a particular behavior occurring again.

Positive Punishment

A methodology in behaviorism where an undesirable outcome follows an unwanted behavior, with the aim of decreasing the frequency of that behavior.

Remove a Stimulus

Refers to the process of eliminating a particular stimulus, which can affect behavior by decreasing the likelihood of a conditioned response.

Cognitive Theorist

A psychologist who studies how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information, and how this process affects our behavior.