What measurement instrument assesses the extent to which people are relatively defensive in their perception of potentially threatening information?
A) the rejection sensitivity scale
B) the perceptual defense scale
C) the perceptual distortion scale
D) the repression-sensitization scale

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The repression-sensitization scale measures how individuals cope with anxiety-provoking information, with repression indicating defensiveness and sensitization indicating openness to such information.

What Measurement Instrument Assesses the Extent to Which People Are