Defense Mechanisms

Defense Mechanisms

Listed below are examples of behaviors that typify a defense mechanism at work. You are to provide the defense mechanism that is most appropriate to the given behavior. Some behaviors do not typify defense mechanisms and should be noted NA (Not Applicable)

1. John thought that almost everyone but himself was cheating on the psychology exam

2. Lisa was embarrassed when she kept forgetting her appointment with the dentist

3. Although Joan had not been very close to her mother during her childhood she was now so oversolictous of her mother’s health and comfort that she was finding her own marriage was being threatened.

4. After her new baby brother came home from the hospital the parents discovered Cheryl had dismembered her favorite doll

5. A student attributed his flunking out of the university to the poor quality of teaching there

6. Through incredible hard work and perseverance, the 50-year-old spinster becomes a famous artist

7. John found himself distracted in his history class by his rich imagination about exploits with the blonde sitting in front of him

8. Tommy began wetting his pants again after the birth of his baby brother

9. A prisoner of war began acting in a manner similar to his brutal captors

10.Although not very tall, Lance became quite skilled as a boxer

11. Chuck became extremely nervous during college exams and sweated profusely

12. “The lady doth protest to much, me thinks”

13.Two years after breaking off his relationship with Julie, Rick fails to even recognize her at a party

14. A white racist claims that all blacks are oversexed

15. A mother spanks her child to often because she says it will teach him right from wrong

16. At the sign of the slightest illness, Gayle’s husband went to bed and stayed there

17. After an embarrassing encounter with a co-worker. Michael thought of several excellent rejoinders he could have used

18. Mark slams the door to classroom after failing the exam

19. After an...