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Match each defense mechanism

Exercise and reference answers

Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Repression
    Right
    Urges kept in the unconscious
  2. Left
    Regression
    Right
    Acting much younger than one is
  3. Left
    Projection
    Right
    Seeing own feelings in another
  4. Left
    Sublimation
    Right
    Another mechanism Freud listed
Instructions
Tap a mechanism on the left, then tap its description on the right.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 11 'Personality', sections 11.1-11.9_
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