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EPPP Psychology

Category - Treatment, Intervention, Prevention, and Supervision

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According to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, which emotion is triggered when the defense mechanisms are unable to modulate a person’s excitation?

Depression
Anger
Anxiety
Stress

Explanation

Answer: C - Anxiety presents itself when defense mechanisms cannot modulate properly.
According to Freud, anxiety alerts the ego to internal or external threats that a person is experiencing. Defense mechanisms are used to reduce anxiety.

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