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How does an attitude work as an ego-defensive mechanism for a person?

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Ego-Defensive Function of Attitudes (Daniel Katz):

  • Attitudes formed as psychological defense mechanisms to protect an individual's self-esteem and ego from internal insecurities, unconscious anxieties, feelings of inferiority, or external harsh realities.

हिंदी में प्रश्न एवं आदर्श उत्तर

मनोवृत्ति कैसे एक व्यक्ति के लिए अहं-रक्षात्मक कार्य करती है?

अहं-रक्षात्मक मनोवृत्ति (Ego-Defensive Function):

  • व्यक्ति अपनी आंतरिक हीनभावना, अपराधबोध, असफलताओं या कड़वी वास्तविकताओं से अपने आत्म-सम्मान (Ego) की रक्षा करने हेतु दूसरों पर दोष मढ़ने या पूर्वाग्रह रखने वाली मनोवृत्ति विकसित कर लेता है (कैट्ज अनुसार)।
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