Identify the defense mechanism used in each of the following examples.

1.	Identify the defense mechanism used in each of the following examples.(i) Alisha, who was sexually abused as a child, cannot remember the abuse at all.(ii) Ritesh dresses and acts like Spiderman, his favourite superhero.(iii) Suresh hates his neighbour but believes that his neighbour hates him.(iv) Rajesh, who is very aggressive, becomes a football player.
Answer» (i) Repression (ii) Identification (iii) Projection (iv) Sublimation

Identify the defense mechanism used in each of the following examples.(i) Alisha, who was sexually abused as a child, cannot remember the abuse at all.(ii) Ritesh dresses and acts like Spiderman, his favourite superhero.(iii) Suresh hates his neighbour but believes that his neighbour hates him.(iv) Rajesh, who is very aggressive, becomes a football player.

Answer»

(i) Repression

(ii) Identification

(iii) Projection

(iv) Sublimation