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EPPP Psychology

Category - Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior

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According to Freud, ego-defense mechanisms are employed by the brain and distort reality in order to reduce anxiety. He believed that anxiety was the result of urges from the id entering consciousness rather than being successfully controlled by the ego. Defense mechanisms work to ignore those urges, rather than to successfully remove them from consciousness. Which defense mechanism can be seen at work in the development of phobias?
  1. Projection
  2. Rationalization
  3. Displacement
  4. Sublimation
Explanation
Answer: C - Displacement is a defense mechanism that involves transferring emotions arising from a certain object or experience onto a substitute, which can result in phobias. For example, someone scared of sex may displace the fear onto snakes and develop a snake phobia.
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