Brynn is three years old. She has been out of diapers for over a year. When her mother comes home from the hospital with a new baby brother, Brynn begins to suck her thumb and wet the bed at night. According to Freud, Brynn is experiencing

a. reaction formation.
b. regression.
c. repression.
d. sublimation.


b

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