While doing laundry, Michelle found several old receipts for…

While doing laundry, Michelle found several old receipts for hotel rooms, flowers, and expensive gifts in her husband’s pants pockets. Michelle is still convinced that her husband is not having an affair. Which defense mechanism is Michelle using to minimize her anxiety?

Devin is 23 years old. He has a strong sense of his own iden…

Devin is 23 years old. He has a strong sense of his own identity, but he still is working out who he is while in a relationship and how to make a healthy relationship with a partner. Although he’s had several “serious” relationships, he has never had a girlfriend longer than six months. Which of Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development does Devin’s situation best represent?

Susan’s father recently died. Susan and her brother are deal…

Susan’s father recently died. Susan and her brother are dealing with their grief differently. Susan experienced a lot of grief at first, but now has returned to her job and her social life. Her brother, on the other hand, has taken a lot longer to grieve, but it seems that he will eventually return to his previous levels of functioning. According to Bonanno’s theory of grieving, Susan is experiencing the ________ pattern of grief, while her brother is experiencing the ________ pattern of grief.