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Student ID: DC200400465 Student Name: Syed Zulnorain Semester Fall 2020 Introduction To Psychology (PSY101) Assignment No 01 Answers Sheet

The document summarizes four scenarios and identifies the defense mechanism used in each along with a justification. Scenario 1 involves displacement, where a student redirects her anger from missing the bus onto her mother and brother. Scenario 2 involves rationalization, where a student makes excuses for failing exams by blaming his teacher. Scenario 3 involves regression, where a client in counseling reverts to childlike behavior to escape depression. Scenario 4 involves sublimation, where a man brings gifts for his wife to compensate for his dislike of her and time away from home.

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Student ID: DC200400465 Student Name: Syed Zulnorain Semester Fall 2020 Introduction To Psychology (PSY101) Assignment No 01 Answers Sheet

The document summarizes four scenarios and identifies the defense mechanism used in each along with a justification. Scenario 1 involves displacement, where a student redirects her anger from missing the bus onto her mother and brother. Scenario 2 involves rationalization, where a student makes excuses for failing exams by blaming his teacher. Scenario 3 involves regression, where a client in counseling reverts to childlike behavior to escape depression. Scenario 4 involves sublimation, where a man brings gifts for his wife to compensate for his dislike of her and time away from home.

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Student ID : DC200400465

Student Name : Syed Zulnorain


Semester Fall 2020
Introduction to Psychology (PSY101)
Assignment No 01
Answers Sheet

Question

Read the given scenarios, identify the defense mechanism person is using and justify

Scenarios Identification Justification

Scenario no 1 Displacement Cause she is redirecting her


negative emotion from
Alina was angry; she missed original source to substitute
her college bus, got late and sources. She got scolded by
also forgot her homework at teacher as she couldn’t justify
home. Her teacher warned and that she didn’t do homework.
scolded her. When she came She got her frustration out on
back home, she hit the wall and the people who would listen.
chair, screamed on her mom So she has displaced all her
and slap her younger brother. negative emotions.

Scenario no 2 Rationalization Because he is making excuses


for the behavior which is
considered unacceptable for
Altamash failed in his exams the family. So when such
because he didn’t study. He told things happen then a person
his family that he failed because tries to give justification that
his teacher didn’t like him and due to this and this I have
couldn’t teach him well. done this. So he is trying to
put the blame on teacher and
using his rational thinking to
avoid the consequences.
Scenario no 3 Regression Cause due to depressive
situation she is acting
Zarnish comes to a counselor childishly. It is too hard for
as she is having suicide her to act normally. She is
ideation and severe acting as a child as because
depression. During the that was a satisfying age for
session, counselor notices her so to escape from the
present depression she reverts
to being a child. That’s why
in front of consoler her body
language and voice is totally
immature.
that she began to refer herself
by a 7 year old girl name, uses
a language and voice of a little
girl and act like a child.

Scenario no 4 Sublimation Because he is trying to act


out in acceptable manners
Zeeshan don’t like his wife and whether he doesn’t like his
spend a lot of time away from wife but he acted in
home with his girlfriends. When productive and beneficial
he comes home, he brings lot of manners. He tried to
gifts for his wife and praises her. compensate for his own
Incomplete, given reason of this dislike and disloyalty by
disparity. gifting her different things.
According to Sigmund Freud
Sublimation is the sign of
maturity.

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