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Question 26

Two people are talking about how they deal with frustration and stress. Quote A is shown below:

'Whenever I have a terrible day at college because of my tutor, I don't say anything to them. Instead, I go home and snap at my younger sister over something tiny.'

Identify and explain the defence mechanism being used by the person in quote A.

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Approaches in Psychology Questions

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Practise AQA A Level Psychology Approaches in Psychology with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 248 questions covering Learning approaches, Cognitive approach, Biological approach, Psychodynamic approach (A-level only), Humanistic Psychology (A-level only), and Comparison of approaches (A-level only), matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.

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