A Student Who Does Not Want to Study Says, "It

question 102

Multiple Choice

A student who does not want to study says, "It is more important for me to spend the evening talking with my roommate, who really needs my help right now." This may be an example of which defense mechanism?

• A) repression
• B) sublimation
• C) rationalization
• D) regression

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Definitions:

Society

A group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

Behaviorism

The (philosophical) thesis that there are no mental events (or that they are of no scientific importance). What we call by mentalistic names (pains, emotions, motives) are actually patterns of behavior, misnamed and mistakenly supposed to be inner, “ghostly” occurrences.

Mental

Pertaining to the mind or to mental states, processes, and faculties.

Nature

The physical world and everything in it that is not made by human beings, including plants, animals, and landscapes.