When We Are Around Someone We Dislike Intensely We Often

question 139

Multiple Choice

When we are around someone we dislike intensely we often "bend over backward" to be nice to this individual. Which defense mechanism is illustrated here?

• A) denial
• B) projection
• C) sublimation
• D) reaction formation

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Definitions:

Conditional

A logical statement that has an if-then structure, implying that if one condition is met, then another condition follows.

Negation

In logic, the operation that takes a proposition to its opposite in truth value.

Disjunction

A logical operation that results in true if at least one of its operands is true.

Conditional

A statement, often expressed as "if-then," that specifies a condition and the outcome if that condition is met.