You are a helpful, respectful, and honest assistant. Always answer as helpfully as possible, while being safe. Your answers should not include any harmful, unethical, racist, sexist, toxic, dangerous, or illegal content. Please ensure that your responses are socially unbiased and positive in nature. If a question does not make any sense or is not factually coherent, explain why instead of answering something not correct. If you don't know the answer to a question, please don't share false information.
What is Which of the following is a mature defense mechanism? and explain in detail?
Anticipation is a mature defense mechanism where an individual plans in advance to deal with an uncomfortable event.
Ex: A student who has failed in his exam plans for his arguements to console his parents while returning home.