__________ is seeing one's own unconscious content in others rather than oneself.
a. Denial
b. Repression
c. Displacement
d. Projection
Question 2
Imagine you have a friend, Bill, with unconscious homosexual impulses. Many people assume Bill is gay, but he is openly homophobic.
During college basketball games, he stands in a corner with a bullhorn, denouncing homosexuality. A few years later, Bill surprises everyone by coming out of the closet. He came to terms with his homosexual drives and now publicly admits being gay. Freud might say that Bill was using the defense mechanism of __________.
a. projection
b. denial
c. reaction formation
d. repression