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NMAT REVIEW 2018 9. Mike is always trying to impress his pals with how
PSYCHOLOGY MODULE C strong and independent he has become. However,
(DEFENSE MECHANISMS) when Mike has social or emotional problems, he still
DIRECTIONS: Select the best answer to each of the wants his dad to figure out the solution.
following questions and blacken the appropriate space a) Reaction Formation c) Regression
on your answer sheet. Answer in 30 minutes only. b) Projection d) Rationalization

1. Even a top baseball player will sometimes strike 10. A student forgot that his dreaded final exam in
out on an easy pitch. When this happens, his next geometry was scheduled for Friday. This seemed
action may be to throw his bat or kick the water unusual as the date of the exam had been marked on
cooler with all his might. his calendar for several weeks.
a) Displacement c) Regression a) Projection c) Rationalization
b) Repression d) Projection b) Displacement d) Repression

2. Soldiers exposed to traumatic experiences in 11. A boy will sometimes react against the strong
concentration camps during wartime sometimes had sexual attraction that he feels toward girls by
amnesia and were unable to recall any part of their becoming a confirmed "woman hater."
ordeal. a) Reaction Formation c) Repression
a) Sublimation c) Repression b) Rationalization d) Projection
b) Reaction Formation d) Regression
12. The majority group of a culture may blame all the
3. The mother of an unwanted child may feel guilty various ills of society on a small minority group. This
about not welcoming her child. As a result, she may is a process termed "scapegoating" and is a factor in
try to prove her love by becoming overindulgent and racial and religious prejudice.
overprotective of the child. a) Displacement c) Rationalization
a) Reaction Formation c) Displacement b) Projection d) Regression
b) Rationalization d) Projection
13. The individual who actually likes to have others
4. Mrs. Brown often accuses other women of talking do things for him may be quick to criticize other
too much and spreading rumors. It is rather obvious people for being dependent and lazy.
to those who know her that she is revealing her own a) Reaction Formation c) Projection
inclinations in that area. b) Sublimation d) Rationalization
a) Reaction Formation c) Projection
b) Rationalization d) Repression 14. James Riley has suffered heavy financial losses
recently while playing the stock market. Upon trading
5. Paul, an aggressive child, had problems in his big luxury car for an old small car, James informed
elementary school, as he would frequently fight with his associates that he bought the cheaper car to do
other children. Paul found when he entered high his part in the battle against air pollution.
school that he could channel this hostility into sports a) Rationalization c) Reaction Formation
such as football and soccer. b) Sublimation d) Displacement
a) Projection c) Reaction Formation
b) Sublimation d) Displacement 15. David Walters recently lost his executive position
in a large corporation. Rather than seek a new job,
6. The habitual drinker may insist that he really David finds comfort and escape through drinking, as
doesn't care much for the taste of alcohol but feels alcohol helps him forget the details of being fired.
that he is obliged to drink with friends "just to be a) Regression c) Projection
sociable." b) Reaction Formation d) Sublimation
a) Rationalization c) Regression
b) Repression d) Displacement 16. Tory is apt to become annoyed when he recalls
his earlier conviction as a Peeping Tom. Tory has left
7. Mrs. Jane can't understand why her husband has his sordid past behind and now is a busy
been so grumpy and irritable for the past week. It photographer for Playboy magazine.
certainly isn't her fault that he didn't receive the a) Projection c) Rationalization
anticipated promotion at the factory. b) Displacement d) Sublimation
a) Sublimation c) Regression
b) Reaction Formation d) Projection 17. Joan has discovered an amazing coincidence in
relation to her attendance at school. Every time a test
8. Parents might be reassured to know that children in Spanish is scheduled, she oversleeps and arrives at
who pull wings off flies and jab pins in the dog may school too late for this class.
eventually find their niche in the areas of dentistry or a) Reaction Formation c) Sublimation
surgery. b) Rationalization d) Projection
a) Displacement c) Rationalization
b) Repression d) Sublimation

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18. Reformers may conduct campaigns against 27. Roger is a heavy drinker but has managed to
pornographic literature in order to fight their own keep this behavior a secret from his friends. He is
erotic interest in such material. They campaign to sure that most people actually drink as much as he
convince others of their own purity and goodness. does.
a) Regression c) Repression a) Projection c) Reaction Formation
b) Reaction Formation d) Rationalization b) Displacement d) Rationalization

19. Margaret is convinced that she received a "C" in 28. One psychological theory holds that the desire for
her chemistry class instead of an "A" because of sexual gratification, if frustrated or blocked, may
widespread cheating by her fellow students. She is eventually find expression in painting or the writing of
sure that she must be as capable in the chemistry poetry.
course as in her other subjects. a) Rationalization c) Sublimation
a) Displacement c) Rationalization b) Identification d) Projection
b) Repression d) Regression
29. A number of psychologists believe that social
20. The young wife, after a bitter conflict with her crusaders who advocate various forms of social
husband, gives up her marriage as a failure and control may in reality be struggling with their own
returns to the home of her parents. She again takes unconscious desires.
on the role of the dependent child who expects a) Displacement c) Regression
unlimited love and indulgence. b) Repression d) Reaction Formation
a) Displacement c) Regression
b) Reaction Formation d) Repression 30. A 6-year-old child, who gave up bed-wetting at
the age of 3, moves with his parents to a new
21. The high school teacher was criticized by the neighbourhood. During the stressful period of
principal for having a disruptive class. When the adjusting to his new home, he again wets the bed for
teacher got home that night, he argued with his wife several nights.
and kicked the dog. a) Regression c) Displacement
a) Displacement c) Projection b) Repression d) Identification
b) Rationalization d) Sublimation
31. The girl who was not invited to the school dance
22. Adults who were sexually molested during told her friends that she would not have attended if
childhood often report that all the details of the asked. She said that her teachers had assigned more
painful episode have been forgotten. homework than usual and that she was simply too
a) Regression c) Repression busy for any unimportant social functions.
b) Projection d) Introjection a) Introjection c) Rationalization
b) Reaction Formation d) Sublimation
23. It is possible that smokers have graduated from
earlier stages of thumb-sucking and pencil-chewing, 32. It is typical for the person who is most difficult to
neither of which would be acceptable behavior in convince in an argument to say that everyone else is
adult society. Smoking is a socially acceptable outlet stubborn.
for the oral need. a) Rationalization c) Projection
a) Rationalization c) Reaction Formation b) Reaction Formation d) Repression
b) Identification d) Sublimation
33. When a new baby arrives in the family, the older
24. The woman with a strong sexual drive may feel child will sometimes cry more than usual and be more
that most other women exhibit flirtatious behavior or insistent about receiving caresses from the parents.
wear revealing clothes. a) Projection c) Reaction Formation
a) Introjection c) Regression b) Identification d) Regression
b) Projection d) Rationalization
34. Billy always teases and annoys his younger
25. After John was rejected by the admissions office brother after he himself is disciplined by his parents.
at Yale, he claimed that he wouldn't enjoy attending a) Rationalization c) Displacement
such a large school anyway. Besides, he might b) Sublimation d) Regression
receive higher grades at a smaller local college.
a) Identification c) Displacement 35. Mr. Martin carried around a letter in his coat
b) Rationalization d) Sublimation pocket for weeks. The note, which he somehow
neglected, mailing, was an invitation to his mother-in-
26. Mary has secretly disliked her mother since she law to visit the family for several months.
was a young child. As these feelings arouse anxiety, a) Repression c) Displacement
Mary usually tells friends that she loves her mother b) Introjection d) Regression
very much.
a) Reaction Formation c) Repression
b) Rationalization d) Regression

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