Psychology Quiz: Defense Mechanisms and Abnormal Psychology
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What defense mechanism is Karen using when she tells her parents she failed her midterm due to being sick and not getting enough sleep?

  • Projection
  • Repression
  • Rationalization (correct)
  • Denial
  • Which defense mechanism is Tony using when he thinks he doesn't have a problem with excessive drinking?

  • Denial (correct)
  • Rationalization
  • Repression
  • Projection
  • What is the term for recurrent, persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that cannot be eliminated from consciousness by logic?

  • Obsession (correct)
  • Preoccupation
  • Suicide
  • Somitic delusional
  • What defense mechanism is the woman using when she is unable to enjoy sex after being pushed out of awareness of a traumatic experience?

    <p>Repression</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What defense mechanism is Bill using when he acts like he doesn’t know what his friends are talking about and denies the whole thing?

    <p>Denial</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the process of providing a patient with the information, support, and feedback needed to make a decision?

    <p>Advocacy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the oscillation of a person's emotional feeling tone between periods of elation and periods of depression or another mood state?

    <p>Mood swing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the feeling of familiarity with a situation that one has never experienced before?

    <p>De ja vu</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the rapid jumping from one idea to another during a conversation?

    <p>Flight of ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the contraindication of ECT?

    <p>Fever</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the transfer of an emotion associated with a particular person, object, or situation to another person, object, or situation that is non-threatening?

    <p>Displacement</p> Signup and view all the answers

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