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12 Cards in this Set
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Asceticism |
severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. |
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Denial |
The action of declaring something to be untrue. the refusal of something requested or desire |
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Displacement |
the moving of something from its place or position. |
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Identification |
the action or process of identifying someone or something or the fact of being identified. a person's sense of identity with someone or something. |
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Intellectualization |
reasoning is used to block confrontation with an unconscious conflict and its associated emotional stress – where thinking is used to avoid feeling. It involves removing one's self, emotionally, from a stressful event |
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Introjection/internalization |
defense mechanisms posited by Sigmund Freud, occurs when a person internalizes the ideas or voices of other people. This behavior is commonly associated with the internalization of external authority, particularly that of parents. Ex boys dont cry. |
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Projection |
an estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on a study of present ones. |
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Rationalization |
the action of attempting to explain or justify behavior or an attitude with logical reasons, even if these are not appropriate |
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Reaction Formation |
the tendency of a repressed wish or feeling to be expressed at a conscious level in a contrasting form. |
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Repression |
the action or process of suppressing a thought or desire in oneself so that it remains unconscious. |
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Sublimation |
Defense mechanism, in which socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior, possibly resulting in a long-term conversion of the initial impulse. |
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Undoing |
defense mechanism in which a person tries to cancel out or remove an unhealthy, destructive or otherwise threatening thought or action by engaging in contrary behavior. For example, after thinking about being violent with someone, one would then be overly nice or accommodating to them |
