Question

Mr. Z cannot recall the time that he made a fool of himself in front of his coworkers. Here, the defense mechanism of____is at work.

Answer 1

Mr. Z has forgotten about the time he made a fool out of himself so this much be the Repression defense mechanism at work.

What is the Repression defense mechanism?

It is a response to a traumatic or uncomfortable situation that a person went through at some point in their lives.

It involves unintentionally hiding the memories of that situation out of our conscious mind such that it would be very difficult to remember.

Mr. Z has forgotten the situation where he made a fool of himself so he must have repressed the memory.

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