The defense mechanism involving the conversion of an undesirable impulse into its opposite is called:
a. sublimation
b. projection
c. reaction formation
d. rationalization
c
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A) schizophrenia B) depression C) require less effort from the client D) obsessive-compulsive disorder
A child has learned to avoid a furry, black cat of her neighbor's. However, she still plays with her grandmother's
short-haired gray tabby cat. Her response demonstrates a. negative transfer. b. extinction. c. stimulus discrimination. d. successive approximation.
The division of the brain that surrounds the cerebral aqueduct is the:
a. mesencephalon. b. telencephalon. c. diencephalon. d. metencephalon.
After the car accident, Anna was so anxious that she would "break into tears"
when she was just riding in a car. It is now three months later and Anna is not only riding in a car but is driving her car to work. The reduction in her anxiety would be an example of a. a role reversal. b. transference. c. a spontaneous recovery. d. covert sensitization.