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mature defense mechanisms
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altruism, humor, sublimation, suppression
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immature defense mechanisms
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projection, splitting, regression, dissociation, acting out
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unselfishly assisting others to avoid negative personal feelings
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altruism
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expression of feeling w/o causing discomfort
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humor
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rerouting an unacceptable drive in a socially acceptable way; ex: baking or a man whose daughter was killed by a drunk driver regularly speaks to high school students about the dangers of drinking and driving
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sublimation
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consciously putting aside but not repressing unwanted feelings
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suppression
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attributing one's own personally unacceptable feelings to others
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projection
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believing people or events are either all bad or all good b/c of intolerance of ambiguity; a borderline personality disorder due to dvlpmental problems
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splitting
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appearance of childlike patterns of behavior during stressful situations
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regression
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separation of fxn of mental processes
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dissociation
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avoiding personally unacceptable feelings by behaving in an attention-getting, often socially inappropriate manner
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acting out
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not believing personally intolerable facts about reality; can be seen in any disorder
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denial
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feelings or ideas that are distressing to the ego are redirected to a substitute that evokes a less intense emotional response; ex: a man who is angry at his boss comes home and gets angry w/his wife w/o any serious reason
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displacement
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unconsciously patterning one's behavior after that of someone who is more powerful; seen in pts w/factitious disorders
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identification
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using the mind's higher fxns to avoid experiencing uncomfortable emotions; ex: a physician who has received a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer excessively discusses the statistics of the illness w/his colleagues and family
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intellectualization
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failing to experience the feelings associated w/a stressful life event, although logically understanding the significance of the event
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isolation of affect
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giving reasonable explanations for unacceptable or irrational feelings
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rationalization
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denying unacceptable feelings and adopting opposite attitudes
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reaction formation
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converting an unacceptable impulse or feeling into a physical symptom
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somatization
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erasing an unacceptable event from the past by adopting acceptable behavior in the present (superstitious behavior); ex: a woman was burglarized when se left her house unlocked, and now she repeatedly checks her door locks before leaving her house
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undoing
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