Match Each Defense Mechanism with the Appropriate Situation or Statement

question 4

Multiple Choice

Match each defense mechanism with the appropriate situation or statement.

-After the physician tells Mrs.Black her son must have immediate heart surgery, she responds by saying she will schedule the surgery in the summer after her son finishes the school year.

• A) denial
• B) displacement
• C) repression
• D) projection
• E) rationalization

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