A five-year-old boy has his first day of kindergarten the next day

The night before his first day, he begins to eat with his hands at the dinner table, cry when his mother won't dress him for bed, suck his thumb, and whine when his mother won't stay with him until he falls asleep. Which of Freud's defense mechanisms best describes this situation? A) Repression
B) Regression
C) Rationalization
D) Remission
E) Regulation


B

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