Question below:   1) A person who is trying very hard to eat less sugar and lose weight just ate a large ice cream sundae. Consider all of the different types of defense mechanisms they may use to deal with their anxiety/guilt over eating the ice cream. Match each example below with the defense mechanism. *Refer back to your textbook and EdPuzzle video examples if you need a review.* EX: Rationalization: The person thinks, well, it was a special occasion, so it doesn't really count. Plus, there were peanuts on the sundae, and nuts are healthy. Chocolate is good for you because it has nutrients. Defense Mechanisms: rationalization, repression, displacement, projection, reaction formation.   [ image ]

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1) A person who is trying very hard to eat less sugar and lose weight just ate a large ice cream sundae.

Consider all of the different types of defense mechanisms they may use to deal with their anxiety/guilt over eating the ice cream.

Match each example below with the defense mechanism. *Refer back to your textbook and EdPuzzle video examples if you need a review.*

EX: Rationalization: The person thinks, well, it was a special occasion, so it doesn't really count. Plus, there were peanuts on the sundae, and nuts are healthy. Chocolate is good for you because it has nutrients.

Defense Mechanisms: rationalization, repression, displacement, projection, reaction formation.

 

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v In recording her food log for the day, she "forgets" to include the ice cream. A. projection
B. reaction formation
v She looks at her friend and thinks that he eats too much and should really
lose some weight; he makes poor food decisions.
C. repression
v Rather than feeling guilty or anxious about eating ice cream, she starts to
worry about whether she should have donated more money to a charity that
D. displacement
contacted her last week.
v The next day she denies eating the whole ice cream sundae, instead saying
that she really only ate a few bites and was disgusted with it and refused to
eat the rest.
Transcribed Image Text:v In recording her food log for the day, she "forgets" to include the ice cream. A. projection B. reaction formation v She looks at her friend and thinks that he eats too much and should really lose some weight; he makes poor food decisions. C. repression v Rather than feeling guilty or anxious about eating ice cream, she starts to worry about whether she should have donated more money to a charity that D. displacement contacted her last week. v The next day she denies eating the whole ice cream sundae, instead saying that she really only ate a few bites and was disgusted with it and refused to eat the rest.
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