Question

illustrates one of Freud’s defense mechanisms from the list below. Select your answers from the defense mechanisms listed below. Read each case, identify the defense mechanism, and explain how it is illustrated by the example (½ point for correctly identifying the defense mechanism, ½ point for correct explanation = 12 points total).

8. A man accused of rape justifies his behavior to himself by thinking that the woman had dressed and acted so provocatively that she was “just asking for it.”

9. Bob Smith, a top baseball player, sometimes strikes out on an easy pitch. When he does, Bob gets angry and throws his bat or kicks the water cooler.

10. Jin, a college student, decided that he was flunking out because the teaching was so poor at his school.

11. Two months ago, Maris did not win a major scholarship that she had been counting on to help her pay for college. Now she is always fighting with you, her boyfriend, and her roommates.

12. Edith never had gotten along with her mother since she was a young girl. Edith usually tells her friends that her mother is a terrific person and that she loves her very much.

Answer 1

• 8.a man accused of rape justify his behavior to himself up by thinking that the woman had dressed and acted so provocatively that she was "just asking for it.-RATIONALIZATION
• He is using self-justifications for his own unacceptable behavior used as a form of self-deception,by accusing the woman.
• 9.Bob Smith, a top baseball player, sometimes strikes out on an easy pitch. When he does, Bob gets angry and throws his bat or kicks the water cooler.-DISPLACEMENT
• Displacement is the redirection of an impulse (usually aggression) onto a powerless substitute target. The target can be a person or an object that can serve as a symbolic substitute.
• 12.Edith never had gotten along with her mother since she was a young girl. Edith usually tells her friends that her mother is a terrific person and that she loves her very much.-REACTION FORMATION
• Reaction formation is a psychological defense mechanism in which a person goes beyond denial and behaves in the opposite way to which he or she thinks or feels.She doesnt like her mother,but behaves as if she loves her.
• Due to time limit,remaining can be asked as another question,they will be answered,thankyou for your cooperation