Asked by Errica Pituk on Feb 29, 2024
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During a grade school field trip, Ryan and his friends were running down a hill when he stepped on a snake. He was unharmed but shaken by the experience. When one of his friends mentioned the incident months later, Ryan could not remember running down the hill that day. Sigmund Freud would say that this is an example of:
A) sublimation.
B) displacement.
C) repression.
D) regression.
Repression
In psychology, a defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, memories, or desires are pushed out of conscious awareness.
Sublimation
A defense mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior.
Displacement
In psychoanalytic theory, a defense mechanism where the mind substitutes either a new aim or a new object for goals felt in their original form to be dangerous or unacceptable.
- Recognize and perceive the range of defense mechanisms and their effects in the psychological realm.
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Learning Objectives
- Recognize and perceive the range of defense mechanisms and their effects in the psychological realm.
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