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joesmith1212 · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

Mary is getting a divorce from a man who cheated on her. She has two children who are reacting with chaos to the change in their lives. She recently started college and is succeeding as a student, so she puts most of her energy into her coursework. To avoid feelings of failure as a mother and a wife, she is using

A) compensation.
B) projection.
C) displacement.
D) reaction formation.

Question 2

Sue was a passive teenager, but at age 30, she began to work hard at being an assertive woman. Recently, when faced with an angry husband, she reverted to her passive stance. Sue is using the following defense mechanism:

A) regression.
B) compensation.
C) repression.
D) projection.