Felix has always been attracted to his best friend's girlfriend Rita. From all outward appearances though, Felix seems to really dislike Rita. Felix is likely employing what defense mechanism?

The answer is reaction formation.

Explanation:

Reaction formation is a defense mechanism is which a person exhibits a behaviour that is radically opposite from what he really feels. In the example, Felix shows excessive dislike to hide his true feelings about Rita.

This mechanism is believed to occur because either people are afraid of being discovered, thus negatively affecting their lives; or because they perceive their own feelings as unacceptable and are trying to convince themselves to change.

if interdependence implies a two-way dependence, and if each partner is equally dependent on the other for success, then there is an equal commitment to the making the partnership successful. the advantage is sustainability of the relationship, the disadvantage is that decisions are "democratic" and therefore may take longer to reach and more likely to be a compromise (which is not always the best solution). as the interdependence moves away from equality, the decisions become more influenced by the more independent partner. in the extreme the relationship becomes more dictatorial and more like "master-slave". generally the relationship has less commitment in both directions and is more likely to be temporary.

if one generalizes (and one shouldn't), equity partnerships, which is probably what is implied by interdependence, can be slow to progress or change but durable. the extreme alternative, independent-dependent partnerships tend to be efficient but more fragile.

hope this but you will have to site your own evidence. : )

i feel as if they would both catch on before to long because they would see them to frequent