Identify the two categories of defense people use to deal with incongruence. Then give an example of a defense from each category
What will be an ideal response?
DISTORTION OF EXPERIENCE: (1) Rationalization: Creating a plausible but untrue reason for why something is the way it is; (2) Perceiving an event as different from the way it actually is.
PREVENTING EXPERIENCES FROM REACHING AWARENESS: (1) Denial: Refusal to admit that a situation exists or an experience took place; (2) Avoiding situations where certain unwanted experiences would be possible.
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a) generalization. b) discrimination. c) latent learning. d) insight learning.
Marianne is seven months pregnant. She was recently exposed to the rubella and was never
immunized as a child. She is concerned about the risk to her baby if she contracts the virus. What should.Marianne know? A) She can request an immediate immunization from her obstetrician. B) The highest risk of fetal damage from rubella occurs in the first eight weeks of pregnancy. C) The highest risk to her baby will occur in the eighth month of pregnancy. D) Rubella cannot cross the placenta so there is no risk to her baby.