Question

A religious leader in a small city led a crusade against 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

I believe the answer is: reaction formation

reaction formation refers to a situation when a person give an exact opposite response to his/her own own disturbing or socially unacceptable thoughts or emotions. Reaction formation acted as a defense mechanism to repel the anxiety that come by negative perception of ourself.