Two Defense Mechanisms That Have a Decidedly More Positive Quality

question 418

Multiple Choice

Two defense mechanisms that have a decidedly more positive quality than the other mechanisms are

• A)rationalization and intellectualization.
• B)intellectualization and projection.
• C)compensation and sublimation.
• D)fantasy and reaction formation.

---

Definitions:

Propositional Tags

Linguistic devices that frame statements to indicate the speaker's attitude or the truth value of the statement.

Ambiguity

The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness or uncertainty in language or meaning.

Semantic Level

Pertaining to the meaning of words and language, especially the relationship between signifiers and what they signify or represent.

Case Markers

Grammatical markers that indicate the role of a noun, pronoun, or adjective in a sentence, such as subject, object, or possessive.