BONUS QUESTION
For five points, identify the defense mechanisms being used in the following statements. Only use these six defense mechanisms.
Rationalization
Reaction Formation
Projection
Repression
Regression
Denial
1.
George feels that his younger son, Gary, is unattractive and not very smart. He accuses his wife of picking on Gary and favoring their other son.
2.
After five-year-old Sue Ann's baby brother was born, she began to talk baby-talk and suck her thumb.
3.
Many people who were held in concentration camps were unable to recall events that happened in the camp during their confinement.
4.
Mark behaves like a stereotypical he-man, but he is actually anxious and insecure about his gender identity.
5.
Martha wears those youthful clothes and hairdos. She apparently can't see that she does not look 30, or even 40, anymore.
6.
Jake frequently visits adult bookstores, explaining that he wants to see the type of perverts who buy the porno trash they sell.
7.
Sally told her parents that she got a C in her psychology class because the As and Bs went to all the students who cheated on the tests.
8.
Kay takes advantage of other people. People rarely take advantage of Kay, though, because she believes others will cheat you if they can, so she watches out for them.
9.
Michael is probably the biggest gossip in the office, but he frequently accuses others of talking too much and spreading rumors.
10.
"I'm sorry I didn't call," she said, "but I've been so busy!
