A young woman was in a house fire in which she had to save herself by jumping from a second floor window. She is fully conscious of the events of the incident and recalls full details, but does not retain any associative affect regarding the incident. The defense mechanism in operation is
a. suppression.
b. denial.
c. conversion.
d. isolation of affect.
Answer: d. isolation of affect.
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