Sam Hernandez, a 17-Year-Old Patient with Burning Upon Urination, Has

question 49

Multiple Choice

Sam Hernandez, a 17-year-old patient with burning upon urination, has just been told he has an STD. He had suspected that he had gonorrhea, but he states, "The test must be wrong. I just have a bladder infection." He is displaying which defense mechanism?

• A) Suppression
• B) Denial
• C) Regression
• D) Sublimation

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Definitions:

Marriage Rituals

The ceremonies and practices that mark the formal union of two individuals as partners in a personal relationship, varying widely among cultures.

Rites of Passage

Ceremonies or rituals marking important transitional periods in a person's life, such as birth, puberty, marriage, and death.

Classified

Information or material designated as official secret and accessible only to authorized people.

Fetish

An object believed to have supernatural powers, or in psychology, a form of sexual desire in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, item of clothing, part of the body, etc.