Question

Two statements are given in the question below as Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R).

Assertion (A): A person who has strong aggressive tendencies may see other people as being excessively aggressive towards him/her.

Reason (R): People adopt an ego defense mechanism called projection in which they attribute their own traits to others.

Options

• Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

• Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

• A is true, R is false.

• A is false, R is true.

Answer 1

Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.