Asked by Joanna Rodriguez on Apr 25, 2024
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The patient concentrates on the mind-numbing details of the spouse's funeral to delay dealing with the overwhelming pain of the loss.Which ego-defense mechanism is used by the patient?
A) Conversion
B) Dissociation
C) Compensation
D) Reimbursement
Ego-Defense Mechanism
Psychological strategies used unconsciously by individuals to protect themselves from anxiety and to manage emotional conflict.
Conversion
The act of changing something into a different form or state, often used in contexts like energy conversion or data format conversion.
Dissociation
A psychological condition where a person experiences a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions, and identity.
- Acknowledge and elucidate the employment of ego-defense mechanisms by individuals confronting stress or trauma.
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Marwa Abuelkheer7 days ago
Final Answer :
B
Explanation :
Dissociation is experiencing a subjective sense of numbing and a reduced awareness of one's surroundings.The patient is demonstrating dissociation by immersion in the mind-numbing details of funeral planning.Conversion is unconsciously repressing an anxiety-producing emotional conflict and transforming it into nonorganic symptoms (e.g.,difficulty sleeping,loss of appetite).Compensation is making up for a deficiency in one aspect of self-image by strongly emphasizing a feature considered an asset.Reimbursement is not an ego-defense mechanism.
Learning Objectives
- Acknowledge and elucidate the employment of ego-defense mechanisms by individuals confronting stress or trauma.