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WorksheetsEgo-defense mechanisms
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 6mins
Ego-defense mechanism is
an automatic psychological process that protects us from anxiety or stress.
a conscious mechanism which safe us from shame and doubt.
a psychological process which protects us from anxiety or stress.
an internal conflict that produce stress.
One of the functions of ego-defense mechanism is to
resolve internal conflict.
reduce anxiety and threatening feeling.
protect the ego.
all of the above.
Ego-defense mechanism is not recommended for prolong reliance because
it helps to relieve stress and anxiety for the moment.
it does not solve the actual problem.
existing problem is still not resolved.
all of the above.
Ego-defense mechanism provides us
no benefit at all to achieve self actualization.
a way to distract our attention.
time to solve the problem.
no learning of new ways of adjusting to situation.
One of the benefits of using ego-defense mechanism is to
provide us a lot of time to solve the problem.
see how ineffective we are in solving problem.
assist us to behave more rationally in future.
help us find the best solution for our problem.
Ego-defense is useful in
guiding our conscience.
helping us learn new ways to solve problem.
resolving the problem.
adjusting our behaviour towards the positive ones.
June suffered childhood abused by her caregiver, hence she could not recall her childhood from 3 to 6 years old. This type of ego-defense mechanism is called
regression.
denial.
sublimation.
repression.
Tom always punch the sand bag when he gets a poor grade for test. Psychologist would say that he could be defending his disappoint through
projection.
regression.
repression.
sublimation.
Margaret often blame her sister for something she is not. This is called
denial.
sublimation.
projection.
rationalisation.
Lina explains that the potato chips are healthy because it is baked not fried, thus she will eat as much as she likes despite suffering from diabetes. This is known as
sublimation.
regression.
projection.
rationalisation.
Mr Tan refused to accept the truth that his wife is seeing another man, despite evidence provided by private investigator. He is described as in
denial.
projection.
regression.
rationalisation.
Margaret often blame her twin sister for being too gentle as many relatives praise her sister for her gentleness and grace. This is called
denial.
sublimation.
projection.
rationalisation.
Sam had been undergoing a lot of stress from his studies in the university, his mother found him sucking his thumb like a baby in his sleep. This is called
repression.
regression.
projection.
suppression.
Cheryl assigns a blame to her best friend out of jealousy that she is more popular within their circle of friends. This is known as
sublimation.
regression.
projection.
rationalisation.
Tinny could not submit her assignment on time. She justifies her late submission with, "there were too many assignments to manage for the week". She is using
sublimation.
regression.
projection.
rationalisation.
Bruce is upset with his sister for reminding him to take out the trash. He is using
sublimation.
regression.
projection.
rationalisation.
Bonie directed all her frustrations towards her boyfriend into drawing a portrait. She is using
sublimation.
regression.
projection.
rationalisation.
Chen Chen behaved childish when she was embarrassed in public. She could be responding to the insult with
sublimation.
regression.
projection.
rationalisation.
Tan Tan could not recall her childhood memories due to the traumatic experience of child abused by her stepmother. She could be using
sublimation.
regression.
repression.
rationalisation.
When the police inspector enquired on the details of the car accident, Le Le could not recall at all the whole incident. She only knew that she was by the roadside crying. This is an example of
sublimation.
regression.
repression.
rationalisation.
