The nurse is providing hygiene care for a 70-year-old female client in a nursing home who states that she does not like her physician
Later, when the physician enters the room, the nurse notes that the client is very friendly with the physician and compliments him on the care he is giving. Which of the following defense mechanisms is this client displaying? A) Rationalization
B) Reaction-formation
C) Displacement
D) Projection
B
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Reaction-formation is displaying a behavior, attitude, or feeling opposite to that which one would normally exhibit in the same situation. Displacement is unconsciously transferring feelings onto another person or object. Rationalization is trying logically to justify irrational, socially, or personally unacceptable behaviors or feelings. Projection is attributing to another person one's unacceptable thoughts and feelings.
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