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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 typically work to ignore those urges, rather than to successfully remove them from consciousness. Which defense mechanism involves finding socially acceptable outlets for impulses?
  1. Reaction formation
  2. Splitting
  3. Sublimation
  4. Projection
Explanation
Answer: C - Sublimation is a defense mechanism that involves finding socially-acceptable outlets for unacceptable desires. For example, a person with violent tendencies becomes a boxer, thus directing that energy into an acceptable and productive activity.
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