Defense Mechanism Questions and Answers – Mental Health Nursing

Defense Mechansim Questions and Answers

1. An unconscious psychological mechanism that reduces anxiety arising from unacceptable or potentially harmful stimuli is called as?
a. Homeostasis
b. Defence mechanism
c. Ego centralism
d. Intrinsic mechanism

2. Which theory explained well about Defence mechanism?
a. Psychosexual theory
b. Psychoanalytic theory
c. Psychosocial theory
d. Cognitive development theory

3. The first definitive book on defence mechanisms, The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence (1936), was written by?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Anna Freud
c. Otto F Kernberg
d. George Eman

4. According to Psychoanalytic theory, Defence mechanisms are considered to be?
a. Normal
b. Pathological
c. Immature
d. Abnormal

5. Who introduced a four-level classification of defence mechanisms?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Anna Freud
c. George Eman Vaillant
d. Robert Plutchik

6. Level 1 of Vaillant’s categorization of Defence mechanism include which type of defenses?
a. Pathological defenses
b. Immature defenses
c. Neurotic defenses
d. Mature defenses

7. Defence mechanisms like fantasy, projection, passive aggression and acting out are categorized under which level of Vaillant’s Categorization?
a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV

8. Neurotic defenses are categorized under which level of Vaillant’s’ categorization of defence mechanisms?
a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV

9. Which defenses are categorized in level IV category of Vaillant’s’ categories of Defence mechanics?
a. Pathological defences
b. Immature defences
c. Neurotic defences
d. Mature defences

10. Immature defences are often seen in which psychiatric diseases?
a. Major depression
b. Personality disorders
c. Sexual disorders
d. Both in major depression and Personality disorders

11.A gross reshaping of external reality to meet internal needs is which type of pathological defence mechanism?
a. Delusional Projection
b. Denial
c. Distortion
d. All the above

12. Best-known defence mechanisms, used often to describe situations in which people seem unable to face reality or admit an obvious truth is?
a. Regression
b. Denial
c. Displacement
d. Projection

13. An immature Defence mechanism in which Direct expression of an unconscious wish or impulse in action, without conscious awareness of the emotion that drives the expressive behaviour is called?
a. Projection
b. Acting out
c. Passive aggressive behaviour
d. Schizoid fantasy

14. An excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness is termed as?
a. Projection
b. Acting out
c. Hypochondriasis
d. Schizoid fantasy

15. Name a defense mechanism in which the ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves by attributing them to others?
a. Denial
b. Projection
c. Repression
d. Sublimation

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16. Mr. A hates Ms. B, but his superego tells him that such hatred is unacceptable. He ‘solved’ the problem by believing that Ms. B hates him. What Defence mechanism did Mr. A show?
a. Regression
b. Projection
c. Rationalization
d. Displacement

17. Defence mechanism that shifts sexual or aggressive impulses to a more acceptable or less threatening target is?
a. Dissociation
b. Displacement
c. Reaction formation
d. Rationalization

18. Mr. X had a hectic day in his office. His boss shouted at him and he was unable to react back. In an anger burst he went to bathroom and broken the bucket. Mr. X exhibits which type of Defence mechanism?
a. Displacement
b. Regression
c. Sublimation
d. Projection

19. Temporary drastic modification of one’s personal identity or character to avoid emotional distress is which Defence mechanism?
a. Displacement
b. Dissociation
c. Reaction formation
d. Repression

20. A doctor who dreamt of being a classical dancer, who didn’t even wish to be a doctor, thinks and dreams continuously about steps of dance is an example of which Defence mechanism?
a. Displacement
b. Dissociation
c. Rationalization
d. Projection

21. A 15-year boy after tonsillectomy have seen sucking thumb in between. What defence mechanism he exhibits?
a. Regression
b. Regression
c. Reaction formation
d. Rationalization

22. Treating someone you strongly dislike in an excessively friendly manner in order to hide your true feelings is an example of which Defence mechanism?
a. Rationalization
b. Reaction formation
c. Projection
d. Repression

23. Ms. Z with a childhood history of sexual abuse finds difficulty-building relation in her college life. What Defence mechanism is Ms. Z experiencing?
a. Rationalization
b. Reaction formation
c. Repression
d. Intellectualization

24. A 30-year-old lady started crying Seeing injection needle. What Defence mechanism is this?
a. Regression
b. Repression
c. Projection
d. Sublimation

25.Constructive service to others that brings pleasure and personal satisfaction or termed as?
a. Sublimation
b. Altruism
c. Ego satisfaction
d. Ego centralism

26. A mature mechanism to reduce the stress of some difficult challenge by anticipating what it will be like and preparing for how you are going to deal with it is?
a. Humor
b. Anticipation
c. Sublimation
d. Suppression

27. A mature type of defence mechanism, in which socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behaviour is termed as?
a. Suppression
b. Sublimation
c. Repression
d. Sublimation

28. Son got murdered in a road traffic Accident. After few years his father started online awareness class on traffic obedience. What Defence mechanism did the father exhibit?
a. Humor
b. Anticipation
c. Sublimation
d. Suppression

29. “Husband in an extramarital relationship blames wife that she is not good and have some unhealthy relations” – This statement is a classic example of which Defence mechanism?
a. Displacement
b. Denial
c. Regression
d. Projection

30. Son came back home after terminal exam and started shouted at mother stating that tea is not good. Mother understood that his exam was tough and she kept quiet. What Defence mechanism does mother exhibit?
a. Projection
b. Intellectualization
c. Rationalization
d. Displacement

31. Ms. F, 30 years old, had a dog bite at the age of 2 years. Even though she doesn’t verbalize about dog bite, still she is very much afraid even when a dog barks. What Defence mechanism does Ms. F exhibit?
a. Regression
b. Repression
c. Sublimation
d. Projection

32. A person who is in heavily debt builds a complex spreadsheet of how long it would take to repay using different payment options and interest rates. What’s this Defence mechanism called?
a. Rationalization
b. Intellectualization
c. Repression
d. Regression


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