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36 Cards in this Set
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Rationalization
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a defense process by which plausible reasons justify an action or opinion. |
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Repression |
refuses to let into awareness unacceptable impulses but remains unconsciously operative in behavior. |
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What is an example of rationalization? |
after not getting a job he applied for, he thinks, “I’ll be better off at a different company |
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What is an example of repression? |
A personmight feel sexually attracted toward members of the same sex but pushes away this intolerable thought from consciousness only to later dream about such sexual impulses. |
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Displacement
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a defense mechanism in which affect is transferred from one object to another. |
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What is an example of displacement? |
A person compulsively eats lollipops after having quit smoking. |
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Identification |
refers to the display of a particular characteristic or trait that has been absorbed into one's own personality. |
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What is an example of identification? |
A young person deciding to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a lawyer.
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Intellectualization
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a process by which content is separated from repressed affect. |
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What is an example of intellectualization? |
A victim of sexual assault researching factual PTSD criteria instead of addressing her emotional pain in therapy.
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Asceticism |
characterized by rigor and self‐denial. |
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What is an example of asceticism? |
An adult e refuses to eat or sleep until a major work project is complete. |
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Reaction Formation |
a process by which unacceptable impulses are expressed as their opposites. |
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What is an example of reaction formation? |
An angry supervisee when being overly nice to his supervisor. |
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Introjection and Internalization |
nternalization of outside events or characteristics of other people. Introjection often leads to Identification but refers specifically to the process of "taking in" or "swallowing whole" the characteristic or trait. |
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What is an example of introjection/internalization? |
A victim identifies with the aggressor’s behaviors to help protect himself. |
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Projection |
places unacceptable feelings from the person feeling them onto another person |
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What is an example of projection? |
A highly anxious colleague is complaining about another colleague’s anxieties. |
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Denial
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distorts reality and does not acknowledge emotion.
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What is an example of denial? |
A person continues to eat unhealthy foods despite his doctor’s orders to eat healthier. |
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Sublimation |
displace unacceptable instincts for constructive and socially acceptable behaviors. |
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What is an example of sublimation? |
A person with aggressive impulses becomes a kickboxing instructor. |
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Undoing |
a process by which we avoid being punished for undesirable thoughts or actions |
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What is an example of undoing? |
A spouse buys his partner lavish gifts to make up for this adulterous acts. |
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What is a defense mechanism? |
Unconscious process whereby an individual is able to manage their anxiety or negative feelings. |
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What kind of defense mechanism is a primitive mechanism? |
Denial |
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What kind of defense mechanism is a primitive mechanism? |
reaction formation |
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What kind of defense mechanism is a primitive mechanism? |
projection |
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What is a higher order defense mechanism? |
Sublimation |
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What is a higher order defense mechanism? |
undoing |
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What is a higher order defense mechanism? |
rationalization |
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What is a higher order defense mechanism? |
displacement |
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What is a higher order defense mechanism? |
identification |
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What is a higher order defense mechanism? |
intellectualization |
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What do defense mechanisms help to do?
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help the ego cope with anxiety,frustration, and unacceptable impulses. |
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What do defense mechanisms help to do? |
relieve tension between inner psychological reality and the demands of the external world.
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