Imagine that you have a client who, in order to avoid becoming anxious, is replacing unacceptable urges with polar opposite urges. According to the Freudian psychoanalytic theory, what type of defense mechanism is your client displaying?
A)Repression
B)Reaction formation
C)Denial
D)Projection

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Reaction formation is the process of converting unconscious impulses that are considered dangerous into their opposites. Consciously, this client will exhibit behavior and claim beliefs that are the opposite of his true wishes to avoid anxiety. This defense mechanism will work over a short term, but is not sustainable.

Imagine That You Have a Client Who, in Order to Avoid