Question

Kimberly hates her new neighbor, bob. she thinks that he is a rich snob who is constantly showing off with his fancy new cars, boats, and landscaping. despite her opinion, every time she sees bob, she goes out of her way to wave, smile, and ask how bob is doing. which defense mechanism is kimberly using?

Answer 1

The correct answer is :

Sublimation.

In psychology, sublimation is a kind of defense mechanism, in which socially unacceptable drives or thoughts are converted into socially acceptable behaviors. Sigmund Freud understood that sublimation was a sign of civilization, enabling people to perform normally in culturally acceptable ways.

Kimberly´s nice to Bob, despite her hatred towards him, because it´s the socially acceptable behavior.

Answer 2

Actually in this scenario, Kimberly is using the defense mechanism of the neighbor bobs richness and capacity he has in the form of all fancy things, which would be shared by Kimberly and also another reason may be bob may be genuinenly worth and really good, but Kimberly would have misunderstood bob most of the times.