NR 326 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING DEFENSE
MECHANISMS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
Denial - CORRECT ANSWER -Avoidance of disagreeable reality by ignoring or refusing to
recognize it
Displacement - CORRECT ANSWER -Transferring painful feelings to a neutral object
Projection - CORRECT ANSWER -Attributing our own thoughts or impulses to another person
Rationalization - CORRECT ANSWER -Offering a socially acceptable or logical explanation for
otherwise unacceptable impulses, feelings and behaviors
Reaction formation - CORRECT ANSWER -Displaying the opposite behavior or attitude
Regression - CORRECT ANSWER -Returning to an early level of emotional development
Repression - CORRECT ANSWER -Unconscious, involuntary forgetting or unacceptable or painful
thoughts, impulses, feelings, or actions
Undoing - CORRECT ANSWER -A compulsive response that negates or reverses a previous
unacceptable act
IntellectualizationE-ECORRECTEANSWERE-
PersonEavoidsEuncomfortableEemotionsEbyEfocusingEonEfactsEandElogic
MECHANISMS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
Denial - CORRECT ANSWER -Avoidance of disagreeable reality by ignoring or refusing to
recognize it
Displacement - CORRECT ANSWER -Transferring painful feelings to a neutral object
Projection - CORRECT ANSWER -Attributing our own thoughts or impulses to another person
Rationalization - CORRECT ANSWER -Offering a socially acceptable or logical explanation for
otherwise unacceptable impulses, feelings and behaviors
Reaction formation - CORRECT ANSWER -Displaying the opposite behavior or attitude
Regression - CORRECT ANSWER -Returning to an early level of emotional development
Repression - CORRECT ANSWER -Unconscious, involuntary forgetting or unacceptable or painful
thoughts, impulses, feelings, or actions
Undoing - CORRECT ANSWER -A compulsive response that negates or reverses a previous
unacceptable act
IntellectualizationE-ECORRECTEANSWERE-
PersonEavoidsEuncomfortableEemotionsEbyEfocusingEonEfactsEandElogic