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A patient tells a nurse that she recently lost her job and that ever since, she has been going home and verbally abusing her spouse and child. The patient has lost all of her friends and feels confused. This patient is presenting the defense mechanism of
 
  1. Repression.
  2. Displacement.
  3. Conversion.
  4. Restitution.

Question 2

When questioned about the automobile accident that brought him into the hospital, the patient began to cry loudly. The patient then proceeded to curl up in a ball on the bed and suck his thumb. This patient is presenting the defense mechanism of
 
  1. Sublimation.
  2. Displacement.
  3. Regression.
  4. Avoidance.



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