Defense Mechanisms

A student forgot that his dreaded final exam in geometry was scheduled for Friday. This seemed unusual as the date of the exam had been marked on his calendar for several weeks.

• Regression
• Sublimation
• Reaction Formation
• Repression

Mrs. Brown often accuses other women of talking too much and spreading rumors. It is rather obvious to those who know her that she is revealing her own inclinations in that area.

• regression

• repression

• projection

• rationalization

Mrs. James can’t understand why her husband has been so grumpy and irritable for the past week. It certainly isn’t her fault that he didn’t receive the anticipated promotion at the factory. What defense mechanism is her husband using?

• Projection

• Denial

• Displacement

• Rationalization

Reverting back to immature behavior from an earlier stage of development

• Repression

• Regression

• Projection

• Displacement

Which of Freud's concept of personality does this best describe? Works on the pleasure principle, avoids pain and receives instant gratification.

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

Our ego protects us from threatening thoughts in our unconscious is by using

The girl who was not invited to the school dance told her friends that she would not have attended if asked. She said that her teachers had assigned more homework than usual and that she was simply too busy for any unimportant social functions.

• denial
• projection
• rationalization
• sublimation

 Regina, an aggressive child, had problems in elementary school, as she would frequently fight with other children. Regina found when she entered high school that she could channel this hostility into sports such as lacrosse and soccer.

• projection
• sublimation
• repression
• regression

This situation is a good example of which defense mechanism? "It's OK to post hurtful comments online because everyone does it."

• Denial
• Reaction Formation
• Rationalization
• Compensation

This situation is a good example of which defense mechanism? "Stomping your feet and slamming your bedroom door after you and your parents get into a fight."

• Denial
• Compensation
• Reaction Formation
• Regression