A corporate executive who feels guilty about the way she ascended to power accuses her colleagues of ruthless ambition. Her behavior typifies ________
a. projection
b. sublimation
c. displacement
d. identification
Answer: a
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A. olfactory receptors B. taste buds C. papillae D. taste receptors
Someone who loses a job whines and pouts. This is apparently an example of which defense mechanism?
a. Displacement b. Reaction formation c. Projection d. Regression
When a young infant is held over the deep side of the visual cliff, its heart pulse rate will
a. slow down. b. continue unchanged. c. quicken. d. change erratically.
Grief is
a. an artificial construct b. an individualized phenomenon c. a contemporary term for Freud's concept of melancholia d. all of these e. none of these