MCQ with answers on defense mechanisms

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1-What are defense mechanisms?

A. Conscious responses that protect people from anxiety

B. Unconscious responses that protect people from anxiety

C. Conscious responses that cause anxiety

D. Unconscious responses that cause anxiety

Answer: B. Unconscious responses that protect people from anxiety.

2-Who first described defense mechanisms?

A. Anna Freud

B. Carl Jung

C. Sigmund Freud

D. Abraham Maslow

Answer: C. Sigmund Freud.

3-Which defense mechanism involves taking out frustrations on people or objects that are less threatening?

A. Displacement

B. Denial

C. Rationalization

D. Regression

Answer: A. Displacement.

4-Which defense mechanism involves an outright refusal to admit or recognize that something has occurred or is currently occurring?

A. Displacement

B. Denial

C. Rationalization

D. Regression

Answer: B. Denial.

5-Which defense mechanism involves keeping information out of conscious awareness?

A. Repression

B. Suppression

C. Sublimation

D. Projection

Answer: A. Repression.

6-Which defense mechanism involves converting unacceptable impulses into more acceptable outlets?

A. Displacement

B. Denial

C. Sublimation

D. Regression

Answer: C. Sublimation.

7-Which defense mechanism involves taking your own unacceptable qualities or feelings and ascribing them to other people?

A. Projection

B. Intellectualization

C. Rationalization

D. Reaction Formation

Answer: A. Projection.

8-Which defense mechanism involves replacing an unwanted impulse with its opposite?

A. Displacement

B. Denial

C. Reaction Formation

D. Suppression

Answer: C. Reaction Formation.

9-Which defense mechanism involves thinking about stressful things in a clinical way?

A. Rationalization

B. Intellectualization

C. Projection

D. Sublimation

Answer: B. Intellectualization.

10-Which defense mechanism involves reverting to earlier behaviors?

A. Displacement

B. Denial

C. Regression

D. Suppression

Answer: C. Regression.

11-What is the ego in Freud's model of personality?

a) The part of the personality that seeks to fulfill all wants, needs, and impulses

b) The part of the personality that tries to get the ego to act in an idealistic and moral manner

c) The aspect of personality that deals with reality

d) A fear of violating our own moral principles

Answer: c) The aspect of personality that deals with reality

12-What are the three types of anxiety identified by Freud?

a) Moral anxiety, neurotic anxiety, and avoidant anxiety

b) Moral anxiety, neurotic anxiety, and reality anxiety

c) Avoidant anxiety, social anxiety, and generalized anxiety

d) Social anxiety, phobias, and panic disorder

Answer: b) Moral anxiety, neurotic anxiety, and reality anxiety

13-Which of the following is an example of the defense mechanism "compensation"?

a) Yelling at someone instead of telling them that you are angry with them

b) Refusing to deal with or encounter unpleasant objects or situations

c) Overachieving in one area to compensate for failures in another

d) Indirectly expressing anger

Answer: c) Overachieving in one area to compensate for failures in another

14-Which of the following is an example of the defense mechanism "humor"?

a) Mentally and emotionally disengaging oneself from a situation

b) Becoming separated or removed from one's experience

c) Pointing out the funny or ironic aspects of a situation

d) Giving someone the silent treatment instead of telling them that you are upset

Answer: c) Pointing out the funny or ironic aspects of a situation

15-What is the purpose of defense mechanisms according to Freud's model of personality?

a) To fulfill all wants, needs, and impulses

b) To get the ego to act in an idealistic and moral manner

c) To shield the ego from the conflicts created by the id, superego, and reality

d) To reduce feelings of anxiety by avoiding unpleasant objects or situations

Answer: c) To shield the ego from the conflicts created by the id, superego, and reality