Question

match the situations with the following terms: repression, reaction formation, projection, displacement, & rationalization

a) Liz feels intense dislike towards her neighbor but is unable to acknowledge this dislike consiously. instead she claims that her neighbor dislikes her.

b) a child has deeply hidden feelings of hostility towards a younger sibling. However, the child treats the sibling with apparent love.

c) after failing to receive a good job, the applicant decides that she will not have like a job anyway.

d) A child is punished by a parent. He then hits his brother.

Answer 1

a.projection is the correct answer.

Projection is state when someone attribute undesirable thought on someone else.

B.reaction formation is the correct answer.

Reaction formation decreases stress through taking the opposite behaviour and thought.

C.rationalization is the correct answer.

Rationalization means giving some excuses.

D.displacement is the correct answer.

Displacement is a transfer of thought from the main source to other's.