Defense Mechanisms - Statistics

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  • The average score is 3 of 8
Answer Stats
Defintion Defense Mechanism % Correct
A person buries uncomfortable thoughts into unconscious mind repression
86%
refusal to accept reality because it is too threatening denial
71%
relegating blame for one's own mistakes and/or short-comings to others projection
57%
psychologically balancing a weak area with a strong area compensation
43%
belief in opposite of true belief, because it causes anxiety reaction formation
29%
shifts emotion from original object to a less threatening substitute displacement
14%
escaping from reality by taking mental/physical flight; daydreaming fantasy
14%
cannot accept real reasons for behavior, therefore, justifies actions rationalization
0%
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