EPPP Psychology

Category - Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior

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Imagine that you have a client who, in order to avoid becoming anxious, is replacing unacceptable urges with polar opposite urges. According to the Freudian psychoanalytic theory, what type of defense mechanism is your client displaying?

Repression
Reaction formation
Denial
Projection

Explanation

Answer: B - Reaction formation is the process of converting unconscious impulses that are considered dangerous into their opposites. Consciously, this client will exhibit behavior and claim beliefs that are the opposite of his true wishes to avoid anxiety. This defense mechanism will work over a short term, but is not sustainable.

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