During an admission interview with an adult mental health client, the client begins to talk in a childish voice and says she'd like to be playing with her dolls. What defense mechanism is this client demonstrating?
A) Regression
B) Suppression
C) Repression
D) Projection
Ans: A
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Regression refers to going back to an earlier and happier time of development. Suppression involves wishing to put something unpleasant out of awareness and voluntarily doing so. Repression involves involuntarily placing material of life experience out of the conscious. Projection is when a person refuses to recognize behavior in oneself and instead "projects" it or sees it in someone else.
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