Match the Examples with the Appropriate Defence Mechanisms

question 215

Multiple Choice

Match the examples with the appropriate defence mechanisms.
-Dana, who actually hates blacks, works in a preschool for disadvantaged minorities. She says that she wants to help them to be better prepared for school.

• A)repression
• B)sublimation
• C)displacement
• D)regression
• E)reaction formation

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Definitions:

Empathy

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Tact

A keen sense of what to say or do to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense.

Cognitive Complexity

An individual's ability to perceive, differentiate, and organize information with varying degrees of detail and perspective.

Simplistic Terms

Descriptions or explanations that are overly simple and fail to capture the complexity of the subject matter.