Directions: Use information from your textbook or class lecture to identify which defense mechanism is operating in each situation.

1. Brad, who lost his family in a tragic fire, is unable to remember anything about the fire including the three times he entered the burning house in failed attempts to rescue his wife and children.

Defense Mechanism ______________________________

2. Lisa cheats on her income taxes and claims that this is acceptable because tax laws favor the rich and unfairly penalize the middle-class.

Defense Mechanism ______________________________

3. Jessie denies his hatred for his brother Frank and claims that it is Frank that hates him.

Defense Mechanism ______________________________

4. After receiving a failing grade on her psychology paper, Lucinda comes home and yells at her roommate for not washing the dishes.

Defense Mechanism ______________________________

5. Omar smokes a pack of cigarettes per day and insists that cigarette smoking does not increase his chances of getting lung cancer.

Defense Mechanism ______________________________