Author Question: Which of the following statements should a nurse recognize as true about defense mechanisms? Select ... (Read 103 times)

tfester · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Which of the following statements should a nurse recognize as true about defense mechanisms? Select all that apply.

A. They are employed when there is a threat to biological or psychological integrity.
B. They are controlled by the id and deal with primal urges.C. They are used in an effort to relieve mild to moderate anxiety.
D. They are protective devices for the superego.
E. They are mechanisms that are characteristically self-deceptive.

Question 2

Which should the nurse recognize as an example of the defense mechanism of repression?

A. A student aware of the need to study for tomorrow's test goes to a movie instead.
B. A woman whose son was killed in Iraq does not believe the military report.
C. A man who is unhappily married goes to school to become a marriage counselor.
D. A woman was raped when she was 12 and no longer remembers the incident.

heyhey123 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, C, E
Defense mechanisms are employed by the ego in the face of threats to biological and psychological integrity, in an effort to relieve mild to moderate anxiety. Because they redirect focus, they are characteristically self-deceptive.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Repression is the involuntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's awareness.