Andrea was not invited to any holiday parties, but she said that she would not have gone if asked because holidays are a time to spend with your family. Andrea is using which defense mechanism?

a. displacement
b. rationalization
c. compensation
d. sublimation

B

Psychology

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According to the text, one key reason that people engage in self-defeating behaviors is because of ____

a. the "death drive" b. a "fear of success" c. they have faulty knowledge d. self-enhancement motivation

Psychology

The integration of both positive and negative reinforcement in explaining why the "crash" that follows the initial euphoria of drug use is not a deterrent to further drug use is called a. the opponent-process theory. b. amotivational syndrome

c. substance-induced myopia. d. an expectancy effect.

Psychology