Often when a newborn baby is brought home from the hospital, the preschool sibling will begin to exhibit behaviors,
such as sucking his or her thumb or wetting the bed. These reactions illustrate which defense mechanism?
a. compensation
b. repression
c. reaction formation
d. regression
ANSWER: d
Psychology
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