When he wears his Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl Champion shirt, Chad feels better able to cope with the day's challenges. Which defence mechanism is Chad using?
A) identification
B) projection
C) displacement
D) reaction formation
A) identification
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Mothers learn quickly that when serving ice cream to siblings, they must put the ice cream in identically sized bowls. Even if the same amount of ice cream is scooped out in front of the children, putting ice cream in a large bowl will make it appear that there is less ice cream than if it is in a smaller bowl, and this will surely generate arguments. This is because young children do not demonstrate which of the following?
A. egocentrism B. object permanence C. conservation D. assimilation
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a. verbal repetition of information. c. creating visual images. b. semantic elaboration of information. d. selecting a search strategy.
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What will be an ideal response?