Probably the most insidious form of defense mechanism is ___________?

Related Mcqs:

1. A student who is quite honest turns in the paper of another student as his own. When accused of dishonesty, he says, “nowadays everybody cheats in school, but, I’m always honest.” The student is using which type of defense mechanism?

   A. compensation
   B. projection
   C. identification
   D. repression

2. A man who has numerous reasons to hate his mother instead lavishes her with unrealistic amounts of attention and love. He is probably exhibiting the defense mechanism of:

   A. regression
   B. identification
   C. projection
   D. reaction formation

3. A high school junior admires a movie star and follows the star’s life on the screen and in the newspapers, experiencing the same emotions as the star would. The student is using what type of defense mechanism?

   A. repression
   B. displacement
   C. projection
   D. identification

4. A young man explained that he did poorly on his exam because his eyes hurt the test was unfair, and he did not feel the subject was important anyway. The young man is using what type of defense mechanism?

   A. rationalization
   B. fantasy
   C. projection
   D. displacement

5. Furious at her boss for what she considers to be unjust criticism, Tania turns around and takes out her anger on her subordinates. Tania may be using the defense mechanism of:

   A. displacement
   B. reaction formation
   C. identification
   D. replacement

6. In essence the defense mechanisms are ___________?

   A. Defense against anxiety
   B. Ways of convincing others of one’s rightness
   C. Escape reactions
   D. Conscious self-deception

7. The insanity defense dates back to the English courts, where it was originally held that to be responsible for an act, the defendant must:

   A. understand the wrongfulness of the act
   B. be in a state of diminished capacity
   C. have acted on an irresistible impulse
   D. be able to recall the criminal act

8. A type of interaction in which a controlling mechanism is itself controlled by the products of reaction it is controlling:

   A. Chemical coordination
   B. Nervous coordination
   C. Feedback mechanism
   D. Both a & b

9. Utilizing his understanding of the human mechanism and its functions, the teacher can adopt his techniques and procedures to individual patterns of development so that the learner is helped to profit from:

   A. Instruction
   B. Study
   C. Learning
   D. Particular condition

10. The mechanism that helps to respond a specific stimulus is:

    A. Sign stimulus
    B. Innate releasing mechanism
    C. Inherited complex
    D. All of the above