When Lin was 7, she witnessed a terrible traffic accident on her way to school. Today, at the age of 32, she has no memory of the traffic accident. Even when she saw pictures of the accident in a recent news flashback, she didn't remember witnessing the accident 25 years ago. According to Freud, Lin may be unconsciously dealing with the potential anxiety related to witnessing the accident by
using the ego-defense mechanism of:
a. projection
b. reaction formation
c. repression
d. sublimation
C
Psychology
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The divorce rate is half the marriage rate. Nearly one-half of all first births are to single mothers. The rate of first marriages is the highest in fifty years. Approximately 30 percent of brides are virgins.
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Language development in the first 6 months of toddlerhood, between 12 and 18 months old, is best described as ____
a. non-existent b. a rapid explosion c. slow to expand d. infinitely generative
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