AHS 127 Ch 8 Examples of the
Defense Mechanisms fully solved
A patient who fears having laboratory tests performed may tell the health care worker,
" I can't take off from my job," rather than admit fear. - correct answer ✔✔Rationalization
"The teacher failed me because she doesn't like me" rather than " I failed because I didn't do
the work" - correct answer ✔✔Projection
The man who is mad at his boss and yells at his wife or children when he gets home. - correct
answer ✔✔Displacement
Joan wanted to be a doctor, but she didn't have enough money for a medical education. So she
became a physician's assistant. - correct answer ✔✔Compensation
A person dreams about becoming a dental hygienist and takes courses and works toward this
goal. - correct answer ✔✔Daydreaming
A person is terrified of heights and does not know why. - correct answer ✔✔Repression
A woman ignores a lump in her breast and refuses to go to the doctor. She avoids thinking about
the lump by working overtime and joining a health club to exercise in her spare time. - correct
answer ✔✔Suppression
An 8 year old child might scream at being separated from parents or start sucking his or her
thumb as a result of a hospitalization or serious illness. - correct answer ✔✔Regression
Defense Mechanisms fully solved
A patient who fears having laboratory tests performed may tell the health care worker,
" I can't take off from my job," rather than admit fear. - correct answer ✔✔Rationalization
"The teacher failed me because she doesn't like me" rather than " I failed because I didn't do
the work" - correct answer ✔✔Projection
The man who is mad at his boss and yells at his wife or children when he gets home. - correct
answer ✔✔Displacement
Joan wanted to be a doctor, but she didn't have enough money for a medical education. So she
became a physician's assistant. - correct answer ✔✔Compensation
A person dreams about becoming a dental hygienist and takes courses and works toward this
goal. - correct answer ✔✔Daydreaming
A person is terrified of heights and does not know why. - correct answer ✔✔Repression
A woman ignores a lump in her breast and refuses to go to the doctor. She avoids thinking about
the lump by working overtime and joining a health club to exercise in her spare time. - correct
answer ✔✔Suppression
An 8 year old child might scream at being separated from parents or start sucking his or her
thumb as a result of a hospitalization or serious illness. - correct answer ✔✔Regression
