Question

After his divorce, Charles turns down several opportunities to meet single women because he is afraid of falling in love and being emotionally hurt again. Charles is relying on the defense mechanism called ____

Answer 1

Answer:

Denial

Explanation:

Denial is one of the unconscious mechanisms described by Freud as a mode of ego defense. Human nature's appeal against unbearable suffering, is present in the first stage of mourning, in wiach we deny the feeling or experience that caused pain. Alot of people use denial to avoid dealing with painful feelings or areas of their life they don’t wish to admit.

Answer 2

Answer:

C. Regression

Explanation:

The options to the question is:

A. displacement. B. projection. C. regression. D. rationalization.

Displacement is when we direct our emotion/feelings to the wrong person or object. It is intended to person A but we direct out frustration to person B. For instance, The boss gets angry and shouts at John. John goes home and shout at his wife. She then shouts at their son. With nobody left to displace anger onto, he goes and kicks the dog. or A woman, rejected by her boyfriend, goes out with another man 'on the rebound'.

Projection is when someone is having feeling or thought about another person that makes him/her uncomfortable. For instance; An unfaithful husband suspects his wife of infidelity, A woman who is attracted to a fellow worker accuses the person of sexual advances,

Regression is when someone goes back to his/her earlier state of development when they feel anxious. For instance; A child suddenly starts to wet the bed after years of not doing so.

Rationalization is how some people may attempt to vindicate themselves in whatever they do. This allows you to feel comfortable with the choice you made, even if you know on another level it’s not right. For instance, A man buys a expensive car and then tells people his old car was very unreliable, very unsafe

From the above explanation, it is clear that Charles is relying on the defense mechanism called regression. Charles doesn't want to meet any single mother as He want to be at a stage that he was before and this is called Regression.