Regarding Defense Mechanisms, Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 9

Multiple Choice

Regarding defense mechanisms, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Only people with mental disorders use defense mechanisms.
• B)Defense mechanisms create large blind spots in awareness.
• C)Defense mechanisms reduce anxiety by distorting or denying sources of threat.
• D)Freud believed that defense mechanisms operate unconsciously.

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Definitions:

Product Market

A marketplace where final goods or services are bought and sold by consumers, businesses, and the government.

Laissez-Faire Capitalism

A hypothetical economic system in which the government’s economic role is limited to protecting private property and establishing a legal environment appropriate to the operation of markets in which only mutually agreeable transactions take place between buyers and sellers; sometimes referred to as “pure capitalism.”

Specialization

The use of the resources of an individual, a firm, a region, or a nation to concentrate production on one or a small number of goods and services.

Total Output

The total amount of goods or services produced by an economy, industry, company, or individual over a specific period.