Anna Is a Morally Rigorous Person Who Demands That Her

question 37

Multiple Choice

Anna is a morally rigorous person who demands that her daughter remain a virgin until she is married.Anna cannot remember her own premarital sexual encounters.Which defense mechanism would likely account for this memory lapse?

• A)rationalization
• B)denial
• C)repression
• D)projection

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