Suppose you use one of the defense mechanisms described by Freud significantly more than any of the others. If you are a well adjusted and productive person, which defense mechanism would that probably be?

A) Repression
B) Sublimation
C) Displacement
D) Reaction formation

Defense Mechanisms

Tactics of the mind used by individuals to confront the truth of their existence while upholding their self-perception.

Sublimation

A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are unconsciously transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, desires, or experiences are excluded from conscious awareness.