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Chapter 7: Coping and Defense Mechanisms My Nursing Test Banks Chapter 7: Coping and Defense Mechanisms Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Your patient is sternly criticized by her doctor for not complying with the medication regimen. The patient walks out of the office and yells at the parking attendant. This may be an example of which defense mechanism? A. Projection B. Intellectualization C. Reaction formation D. Displacement ____ 2. Which of the following best describes what defense mechanisms are? A. Abnormal coping mechanisms B. Genetically wired responses C. Protective devices that reduce anxiety D. All of the above ____ 3. A new patient with schizophrenia is admitted to the psychiatric unit. He is standing at the locked exit door and yelling, Help me, I dont belong here. This behavior is most likely an example of what defense mechanism? A. Denial B. Regression C. Enabling D. Projection ____ 4. Nurse Anne recognizes that John is always blaming others for his shortcomings. Finger pointing is usually related to the defense mechanism of: A. Scapegoating. B. Identification. C. Restitution. D. Avoidance. ____ 5. Joy has just experienced her fifth spontaneous abortion. She is unable
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