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?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Always having been a good student, lrving is confident that he will do well in his psychology course. According to Bandura’s cognitive theory, lrving would be said to have:

   A. strong feelings of self-efficacy
   B. a sense of superiority
   C. strong feelings of self-esteem
   D. strong defense mechanisms

6. When you go over to visit your friend’s new baby, your friend exclaims, “Watch this! Every time I touch his cheek he turns his mouth towards my finger!” Because you’ve taken psychology, you know that this phenomenon is called the______reflex.

   A. grasping
   B. complementary
   C. rooting
   D. startle

7. Probably the most insidious form of defense mechanism is ___________?

   A. Reaction formation
   B. Defensive identification
   C. Projection
   D. Withdrawal
   E. None of these

8. A student who has never studied decides to try it and is delighted to receive a B on the exam rather than the usual D. The student starts studying more regularly as a result of __________________?

   A. classical conditioning
   B. habituation
   C. positive reinforcement
   D. b and c

9. If you intended to stop at the corner shop on the way home from school, but instead took your usual path from school to your home and missed the corner shop, then your behaviour has been controlled by which type of learning?

   A. Response-outcome association
   B. Stimulus-response association
   C. Selective response learning
   D. Instrumental learning
   E. Stimulus-habit association

10. When Professor ljaz nervously began teaching a university class for the first time, he overestimated the extent to which his student would notice that he was anxious. His reaction best illustrates:

    A. reciprocal determinism
    B. self-serving bias
    C. the spotlight effect
    D. an Electra complex