Which Component of the Personality Uses Defense Mechanisms,and Why

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which component of the personality uses defense mechanisms,and why?

• A)The id uses defense mechanisms to express its impulses.
• B)The superego uses defense mechanisms to help the id express its impulses.
• C)The superego uses defense mechanisms to help the individual conform to society.
• D)The ego uses defense mechanisms to prevent excessive anxiety.

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Definitions:

Purines

A type of nitrogenous base found in DNA and RNA, including adenine and guanine, which pair with pyrimidines.

Pyrimidines

One of the two classes of nitrogenous bases found in nucleic acids, including cytosine, thymine (in DNA), and uracil (in RNA).

Bacteriophages

Viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria.

Alfred Hershey

An American bacteriologist and geneticist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969 for his work on the genetics of viruses, including the famous Hershey-Chase experiment.