You Are Taking a Class in an Auditorium with the Professor

question 133

Multiple Choice

You are taking a class in an auditorium with the professor speaking from a podium in which she controls the PowerPoint slides showing to the screen to her right side.This formal lecture is being conducted at what is called a(n) _____ distance.

• A)public
• B)impersonal
• C)social
• D)advanced

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies unconsciously used to protect oneself from anxiety or unacceptable thoughts and feelings.

Projection

In psychoanalytic theory, the defense mechanism of attributing to somebody else a thought or impulse one fears in oneself.

Defense Mechanism

Defense mechanisms are psychological strategies used by individuals to cope with reality and maintain a self-image by unconsciously denying or distorting reality.

Psychological Development

The growth and change in a person's emotions, cognition, behavior, and abilities over the course of their life.