A Student Who Is Having Difficulty in School Begins Acting

question 114

Multiple Choice

A student who is having difficulty in school begins acting in a childish manner. This is an example of which defense mechanism?

• A) projection
• B) repression
• C) regression
• D) displacement

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Definitions:

T-distribution

A probability distribution used in statistics that arises when estimating the mean of a normally distributed population in situations where the sample size is small and the population standard deviation is unknown.

Standard Normal Distribution

Normal distribution measured in standard deviation units with a mean equal to 0 and a standard deviation equal to 1.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution pattern of probabilities for a certain statistic obtained through random sampling.

Alpha (α)

Probability of a statistic used to make the decision whether to reject the null hypothesis.