When a televangelist like Jim Bakker passionately preaches religious morality in public while secretly engaging in immoral sex in private, this may be an example of which defense mechanism?

A) Displacement
B) Sublimation
C) Denial
D) Reaction formation
E) Repression


E

Psychology

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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_____ is the assignment of a cause to explain one's own or another's behavior

a) Attribution b) Impression management c) The primacy effect d) Impression formation

Psychology

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a. $200 per month b. $400 per month c. $750 per month d. $1,200 per month

Psychology