Adjustment & Defence Mechanisms
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In the context of 'Mental Health and Defense Mechanisms', regarding the philosophical and psychological differences between 'Reaction Formation' and 'Sublimation' proposed by Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, and his daughter Anna Freud, which of the following statements is most appropriate and true?
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Understanding Defense Mechanisms
Mental health and defense mechanisms are crucial topics in child development and pedagogy. According to Sigmund Freud, the ego utilizes defense mechanisms to cope with anxiety.
- Reaction Formation: In this mechanism, an individual acts in a manner directly opposite to their true, unacceptable, or repressed desires (e.g., showing excessive love to someone they secretly despise).
- Sublimation: This is considered the only entirely healthy defense mechanism, wherein antisocial, aggressive, or libidinous energy is diverted into socially approved, high-level creative, artistic, or scientific achievements.
Conclusion: Option (A) most accurately defines the scientific and psychological difference between these two concepts.
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