When a televangelist like Jim Bakker passionately preaches religious morality in public while secretly engaging in immoral sex in private, this may be an example of which defense mechanism?

A) Displacement
B) Sublimation
C) Denial
D) Reaction formation
E) Repression

E

Psychology

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Psychology

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Altruism is the unselfish concern of one person for the welfare of another. b. Instances of altruism are limited to the human. c. Altruistic behavior may mean the difference between life and death. d. Altruistic behavior appears to have some genetic basis. e. Altruistic behavior reduces the reproductive potential of the altruist.

Psychology