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Question 40

An employee is discussing how they cope with workplace stress. Their statement is shown below:

'Whenever my supervisor at the laboratory blames me for a ruined chemical sample, I stay completely quiet. But as soon as I leave the lab, I walk down the corridor and aggressively kick a vending machine.'

Identify and explain the defence mechanism being used by the employee.

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Approaches in Psychology Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Approaches in Psychology

248 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Approaches in Psychology, covering Learning approaches, Cognitive approach, Biological approach, Psychodynamic approach (A-level only), Humanistic Psychology (A-level only), and Comparison of approaches (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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