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casperchen82

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The defense mechanism in which a person who thinks or acts on an undesirable impulse makes amends by performing an action that nullifies the undesirable action is called:
 
  a. denial
  b. compromise formation
  c. undoing
  d. displacement

Question 2

The defense mechanism that allows the person to protect himself or herself against unbearable pain by using dissociations between thoughts and feelings is called:
 
  a. rationalization
  b. intellectualization
  c. denial
  d. reaction formation



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b



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