Practise AP Psychology 4.4.A by identifying ego defense mechanisms in behaviour scenarios and recognising how unconscious motives shape psychodynamic interpretations.
Psychodynamic theory proposes that a part of the mind known as the ego tries to protect our conscious minds from threatening thoughts using defense mechanisms. Which of the following scenarios illustrates the defense mechanism of reaction formation?
Lola loathes her sister Audrey but tells everyone she knows how much she adores Audrey.
Simeon is terrified of his grandfather but tries to emulate him.
When Evan gets angry at his parents, he breaks things in his room.
When she was six, Bella's parents went through an ugly divorce, but Bella doesn't remember it.
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