Question

In order to protect herself from unconscious anxiety, susie convinces herself that she hates action movies whereas, on an unconscious level, she actually loves them. this illustrates the defense mechanism known as:

Answer 1

The answer that best completes the blank provided is the term REACTION FORMATION. Reaction formation is one of the kinds of defense mechanism. Based on the sample situation above, we can say that reaction formation is the tendency of reacting on a manner that is truly opposite of what he or she truly desires or feels because of fear.