When Stacey's Husband Has Had a Frustrating Day at Work,he

question 38

Multiple Choice

When Stacey's husband has had a frustrating day at work,he is easily irritated and sometimes screams at her.According to Freud,when Stacey's husband yells at her,he is employing the defense mechanism known as ____.

• A) displacement
• B) rationalization
• C) sublimation
• D) repression

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Definitions:

Learning Disabilities

Neurologically based processing problems that can interfere with learning basic skills such as reading, writing, or math, and can also affect higher-level skills such as organization, time planning, and abstract reasoning.

Antecedents

The circumstances that exist in the environment before a behavior is exhibited. Antecedents may or may not serve as cues to elicit behavior.

Biological Predisposition

An inherent inclination or tendency due to genetic or hereditary factors.

Behavior

A term that simply refers to what individuals do—their observable actions. Behavior can be verbal or nonverbal. Behavior is also one of the four components of objectives, representing the actions students undertake to indicate that they have knowledge of the content.