Imagine That You Are Trying to Rewrite a Survey

question 62

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are trying to rewrite a survey.You find a multiple-choice question that asks,"What is your favorite recreational activity?" and gives three response options: watching television,shopping,or sports.You add a fourth response option,"other," and invite respondents to write an activity of their choice.What kind of question have you just made?

• A) open-ended
• B) quantitative
• C) reductionist
• D) closed-ended

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals, groups, and even nations to cope with reality and to maintain self-image.

Displacement

In psychology, the shifting of negative feelings or desires from the original object to a more acceptable or safer substitute.

Defense Mechanism

A defense mechanism is a psychological strategy unconsciously used to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Projection

A defense mechanism where an individual ascribes their own unwanted thoughts, feelings, or motives onto another person.