Question

A religious leader in a small city led a crusade against the local X-rated movie theaters, topless dance bars, and strip clubs, often leading groups of angry citizens to storm the buildings and threaten to shut them down. After a great deal of publicity, however, the newspaper published photos of the same man frequenting strip clubs and patronizing prostitutes in a neighboring state. Sigmund Freud would explain this man's behavior as an example of _____

Answer 1

Answer:

reaction formation

Explanation:

Hello! The reactive formation, in the theory of Freud, is a defense mechanism that occurs when someone experiences an instinctive or, in any case, unconscious desire that he consciously rejects. This leads him to develop the impulse opposite to the one he rejects.

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