A client is undergoing a series of diagnostic tests. He insists nothing is wrong with him except a
chest cold that he "can't shake off." His wife says he smokes and coughs a lot, has lost 15 pounds,
and is easily fatigued.
The defense mechanism the client is using is
a. regression.
b. displacement.
c. denial.
d. projection.
ANS: C
Denial is an unconscious blocking of threatening or painful information or feelings. Option A:
Regression involves using behaviors appropriate at an earlier stage of psychosexual development.
Option B: Displacement shifts feelings to a more neutral person or object. Option D: Projection
attributes one's own unacceptable thoughts or feelings to another.
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