Defense Mechanism Quiz: Can You Name the Behavior?

1. When someone pushes an uncomfortable memory into their unconscious mind, unable to recall it, which defense mechanism is being used?

Repression

Denial

Sublimation

Rationalization

2. A person who accuses others of having the traits they secretly possess is using which defense mechanism?

Displacement

Projection

Introjection

Regression

3. Redirecting emotional energy from an unacceptable source to an acceptable one describes which mechanism?

Sublimation

Compensation

Intellectualization

Reaction formation

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5. A student who fails an exam blames the test's unfairness rather than their lack of preparation. What defense mechanism is this?

Rationalization

Projection

Denial

Intellectualization

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7. True or False: Repression involves consciously choosing to forget an event.

True

False

8. A person who was harmed by a parent yet defends that parent's actions fiercely may be using which mechanism?

Identification

Reaction formation

Denial

Introjection

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10. Refusing to accept a painful reality, such as denying a serious diagnosis, exemplifies which defense mechanism?

Repression

Denial

Displacement

Compensation

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12. True or False: Projection always involves unconscious processes and is never deliberate.

True

False

13. When a student overcompensates for poor athletic ability by becoming an academic star, which mechanism applies?

Sublimation

Identification

Compensation

Rationalization

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15. A person who was criticized harshly as a child but now excessively praises others may be using which defense mechanism?

Reaction formation

Introjection

Displacement

Rationalization

Defense Mechanism Quiz: Can You Name the Behavior?

1. When someone pushes an uncomfortable memory into their unconscious mind, unable to recall it, which defense mechanism is being used?

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What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. A person who accuses others of having the traits they secretly possess is using which defense mechanism?

3. Redirecting emotional energy from an unacceptable source to an acceptable one describes which mechanism?

4. When someone channels aggressive impulses into sports or exercise, they are using ____.

5. A student who fails an exam blames the test's unfairness rather than their lack of preparation. What defense mechanism is this?

6. Directing impulses meant for one person toward a safer target is called ____.

7. True or False: Repression involves consciously choosing to forget an event.

8. A person who was harmed by a parent yet defends that parent's actions fiercely may be using which mechanism?

9. When someone becomes overly logical to avoid feeling emotions, they are using ____.

10. Refusing to accept a painful reality, such as denying a serious diagnosis, exemplifies which defense mechanism?

11. A teenager who acts much younger after a stressful event is demonstrating ____.

12. True or False: Projection always involves unconscious processes and is never deliberate.

13. When a student overcompensates for poor athletic ability by becoming an academic star, which mechanism applies?

14. Adopting the values and behaviors of someone you admire, often to resolve conflict, is called ____.

15. A person who was criticized harshly as a child but now excessively praises others may be using which defense mechanism?