Although Tara has bought several of her research papers on-line and preprogrammed formulas into her calculator rather
than memorizing them as required by her instructor, Tara still sees herself as a "good" student because she attends class regularly and makes A's and B's. By keeping her unethical side separated from her "good" student side, Tara does not experience any anxiety from this contradiction in behavior. Tara's behavior illustrates which defense mechanism?
a. isolation
b. fantasy
c. intellectualization
d. identification
ANSWER: a
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false