What Are Institutions

question 17

Multiple Choice

What are institutions?

• A) enduring customs and concrete organizations
• B) enduring customs, such as marriage
• C) concrete organizations, such as schools
• D) enduring customs, concrete organizations, and members of social groups

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Definitions:

Intellectualization

Intellectualization is a defense mechanism where reasoning is used to block confrontation with an unconscious conflict and its associated emotional stress.

Sublimation

A defense mechanism in which socially unacceptable impulses are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior.

Projection

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

Displacement

In psychology, a defense mechanism where an individual shifts negative feelings from their original source to a more acceptable or less threatening target.