1) A woman drinks alcohol every day, cannot stop, and does not acknowledge that she has a
problem
a) Reaction Formation
b) Denial
c) Sublimation
d) Projection
.
2) When two year old Jay is hospitalized for tonsillitis he would drink only from a bottle although
his mother states he has been drinking from a cup for six months
a) Rationalization
b) Intellectualization
c) Suppression
d) Regression
.
3) A teenager who required lengthy rehab after an accident decides to become a physical
therapist as a result of his experience
a) Regression
b) Undoing
c) Compensation
d) Identification
.
4) A mother whose son was killed by a drunk driver channels her anger and energy into being the
president of the local chapter of mothers against drunk drivers.
a) Sublimation
b) Isolation
c) Rationalization
d) Compensation
.
5) Children integrate their parents value system into the process of conscience formation. A child
says to a friend "Dont Cheat its wrong"
a) Reaction Formation
b) Suppression
c) Disaplacement
d) Introjection
.
6) Joe is nervous about his new job and yells at his wife. On his way home, he stops and buys her
some flowers.
a) Compensation
b) Undoing
c) Denial
d) Repression
.
7) Sue feels a strong sexual attraction to her track coach and tells her friend, "He's coming on to
me!"
a) Rationalization
b) Projection
c) Intellectualization
d) Repression
.
8) A physically disabled boy is unable to participate in football, so he compensates by becoming a
great scholar.
a) Sublimation
b) Undoing
c) Compensation
d) Displacement
.
9) Jane hates nursing. She attended nursing school to please her parents. During career day, she
speaks to prospective students about the excellence of nursing as a career.
a) Reaction Formation
b) Regression
c) Repression
d) Projection
.
10) A client is angry at his doctor and does not express it but becomes verbally abusive with the
nurse.
a) Denial
b) Displacement
c) Compensation
d) Identification
.
11) A trauma victim is unable to remember anything about the traumatic event.
a) Reaction Formation
b) Projection
c) Regression
d) Repression
.
12) Susan's husband has been transferred with his job to a city far away from her parents. She
hides anxiety by explaining to her parents the advantages associated with the move.
a) Identification
b) Intellectualization
c) Introjection
d) Isolation
.
13) Scarlet says, "I don't want to think about that now. I will think about that tomorrow".
a) Projection
b) Compensation
c) Suppression
d) Sublimation
.
14) A young woman describes being attacked and raped without showing any emotion.
a) Rationalization
b) Isolation
c) Regression
d) Sublimation
.
15) John tells the rehab nurse, I drink because it's the only way I can deal with my bad marriage
and my worst job.
a) Regression
b) Reaction Formation
c) Rationalization
d) Repression
.