Sindi is five years old, and two weeks ago her mother had a baby boy. Since her brother was brought home, Sindi has insisted on drinking all her juice from baby bottles and she has started wetting her bed. According to Freud, Sindi may be unconsciously dealing with her feelings toward her new brother using the defence mechanism of

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Sindi's behavior of drinking from baby bottles and wetting her bed indicates a regression to an earlier stage of development, which is a defense mechanism according to Freud's theory. This behavior may be a way for Sindi to cope with the change and stress caused by the arrival of her new brother. Projection, reaction formation, and repression do not fit the described behavior.

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