Judging or Criticizing the Behavior of Others Is a Defense

question 15

Multiple Choice

Judging or criticizing the behavior of others is a defense mechanism known as

• A) sarcasm.
• B) reaction formation.
• C) overly critical communication.
• D) outdoing others.

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Definitions:

Learning Focus

The targeted area or subject matter aimed at acquiring knowledge or skills.

Psychical Mechanisms

Processes by which psychological factors influence or determine behavior and mental states.

Hysterical Phenomena

Symptoms or behaviors that are a manifestation of extreme stress, anxiety or unconscious conflict, often appearing without an apparent organic cause.

Freud And Breuer

Refers to Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer, pioneers in the development of psychoanalysis, with their early work on hysteria laying the groundwork for psychoanalytic theory.