Defense Mechanisms

When a person transfer the emotions they feel from the original situation or object to another person?

• Daydreaming

• Denial

• Projection

• Rationing

Defense mechanisms are unconscious behaviors that an individual might use to cope with an uncomfortable situation or problem.

• True

• False

What is an attempt to justify actions with an excuse instead of admitting failure or error?

• Denial

• Repression

• Regression

• Rationalization

When a person displace blame and/or responsibility for their actions or thoughts onto another person.

• Projection

• Compensation

• Regression

• Repression

What does involuntarily pushing thoughts of a traumatic situation out of your mind mean?

• repression

• Regression

• Sublimation

• Displacement

When you are compassionate towards another person, you are demonstrating

• denial

• apathy

• empathy

• grief

When a person try to compensate for their weaknesses by developing strengths in other areas?

• Denial

• Humor

• Compensation

• Daydreaming

This situation is a good example of which defense mechanism? "Mae always fights with her mom. Instead of working on her relationship with her mom, she goes out with her best friend and ignores her mom's messages."

• Compensation

• Rationalization

• Regression

Putting someone down and making them feel terrible when you really feel bad about yourself is an example of which defense mechanism?

• Compensation

• Projection

• Rationalization

• Undoing

The feeling of shame or regret

• love

• guilt

• sadness

• Happiness