Question

In psychoanalysis, June's therapist suggests that she is taking her unconscious childhood anger at her father out on her husband by picking silly fights with him. June starts crying and says that her therapist is the only man who has ever really understood her. In this example, the therapist suggested that June was engaging in the defense mechanism of _____ and June's reaction illustrates _____. Group of answer choices reaction formation; displacement projection; transference repression; displacement displacement; transference

Answer 1

Answer:

1. projection;

2. transference

Explanation:

Considering the situation that was described above, it is apparent that the therapist suggested that June was engaging in the defense mechanism of PROJECTION and June's reaction illustrates TRANSFERRENCE.

This is because Projection in psychoanalysis is a form of defense mechanism whereby disliked feelings and characteristics towards an individual are disputed and attributed to another person.

Also, given that Transferrence is a psychoanalytic issue, whereby feelings individuals had in past, usually common during childhood towards their parents, are in a way transferred to the present situation.

In this case, June was transferring her projected dislike feelings and characteristics she has for her father towards her husband unconsciously