Question

A nurse is teaching a group of recently hired staff members about defense mechanisms. An example given is Scarlett O'Hara, in the movie Gone with the Wind, who said, "I'll think about that tomorrow." What defense mechanism does this statement reflect?

Answer 1

Splitting

Step-by-step explanation:

Splitting is a defense mechanism that some people also call all-or-nothing thinking or black-and-white thinking. It occurs when an individual's thinking fails to bring together the positive and negative split qualities of self and others to become a more realistic and cohesive whole. From the example, when Scarlett O'Hara said "I'll think about it tomorrow", she said so because at that point, her brain could not put all the information together and hence she was going to reflect and think about it before making an input.