After Daniel Had Ballooned to a Weight of 450 Pounds

question 106

Multiple Choice

After Daniel had ballooned to a weight of 450 pounds, he became much stressed. When confronted about his stress and weight problem by his wife, he said, "It is healthy for me to maintain this weight because I'll live longer if a famine occurs." What defense mechanism is Daniel using?

• A)Repression
• B)Rationalization
• C)Displacement
• D)Projection

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The endocrine system’s most influential gland. Under the influence of the hypothalamus, the pituitary regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands.

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