Research suggests that something much like the ego defense mechanisms, discussed in the context of psychoanalysis, may prevent c
ertain embarrassing stimuli from entering consciousness, even while other aspects of the mind are well aware of and responding to the stimuli. In modern psychological theory, these mechanisms can be referred to as Group of answer choices a.projections. b.perceptual defenses. c.psychic defenses. d.perceptual blocks. e.PreviousNext
The perceptual defenses are used to explain why certain of the stimuli has a higher recognition of the threshold. This happened because of the perceptual wall or the block of the offensive stimuli.
This might create anxiety, fear, and depression. Other taboo words have higher recognition such as cigarette is injurious to health, violent act, etc.
Thus in modern psychological theory, Theses mechanism are referred to as the perceptual defenses.
