According to John Holland's personality type theory, a person who would have an interest in acting, poetry, or painting would probably be described as

Oprah Winfrey was born to unmarried teen parents. She grew up poor and was hit with a switch if she misbehaved. She was molested by several relatives. She ran away from home and was pregnant by the age of 14

Despite all of this, she skipped two grades in school, was an honor student, was voted Most Popular Girl, and won the Miss Black Tennessee Beauty Pageant. As an adult, she became one of the wealthiest and most influential people in the world. Because she succeeded despite growing up in such challenging circumstances, Oprah would be described as A) high in surgency. B) resilient. C) socially referenced. D) ambiguous.

Baumeister and colleagues concluded that defense mechanisms were __________

a. less likely to protect self-esteem than to defend against unconscious drives b. more likely to protect self-esteem than to defend against unconscious drives c. likely to protect self-esteem and unconscious drives d. not likely to protect the self-esteem or unconscious drives