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18 Cards in this Set
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Altruism
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Emotional conflicts and stressors are dealt w/by meeting the needs of others; person receives gratification either vicariously or from response of others
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Most healthy defense
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Sublimation
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Unconscious process of substituting constructive and socially acceptable activity for strong unacceptable impulses; impulses are often sexual or aggressive
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Most healthy defense
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Humor
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Emotional conflicts and stressors are dealt w/by emphasizing amusing/ironic aspects of the conflict/stressor through humor
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Most healthy defense
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Suppression
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Conscious denial of a disturbing situation/feeling
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Most healthy defense
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Repression
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Exclusion of unpleasant/unwanted experiences, emotions, or ideas from conscious awareness; cornerstone of defense mechanisms; 1st line of psychological defense against anxiety
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Intermediate defense
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Displacement
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Transfer of emotions associated w/particular person, object, or situation to another person, object, or situation that is nonthreatening; spousal/child/elder abuse are often cases of displaced hostility
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Intermediate defense
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Reaction Formation (overcompensation)
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Unacceptable feelings/behaviors are kept out of awareness by developing opposite behavior/emotion
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Intermediate defense
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Somatization
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Transforming anxiety on an unconscious level into a physical symptom that has no organic cause; often the symptom functions as an attention getter/excuse
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Intermediate defense
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Undoing
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Makes up for an act/communication; common behavioral example is compulsive hand washing --> cleansing of act/thought perceived as unacceptable
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Intermediate defense
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Rationalization
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Consists of justifying illogical/unreasonable ideas, actions, or feelings by developing acceptable explanations that satisfy the teller as well as the listener; form of self-deception
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Intermediate defense
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Passive Aggression
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Emotional conflict/stressors dealt w/by indirectly and unassertively expressing aggression toward others through procrastination, failure, inefficiency, passivity, and illnesses that affect others more than oneself; these behaviors occur esp. in response to assigned tasks/demands for independent action, responsibilities, or obligations; appearance of compliance that masks covert resistance, resentment, and hostility
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Immature defense
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Acting Out Behaviors
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Emotional conflicts/stressors dealth w/by actions rather than reflections/feelings; ex: may lash out in anger verbally/physically to distract self from threatening thoughts/feelings; destructive coping style
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Immature defense
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Dissociation
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Disruption in usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of environment
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Immature defense
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Devaluation
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Emotional conflicts/stressors dealt w/by attributing negative qualities to self/others
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Immature defense
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Idealization
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Emotional conflicts/stressors dealth w/by attributing exaggerated positive qualities to others; important aspect of development of self; when ppl idealize a person in new relationship, they'll be disappointed when object of idealization turns out to be human --> disappointment, devaluing/rejecting object of affection
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Immature defense
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Splitting
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Inability to integrate positive and negative qualities of oneself/others into a cohesive image; prevalent in personality disorders, esp. borderlines
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Immature defense
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Projection
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Person unconsciously rejects emotionally unacceptable personal features and attributes them to other ppl, objects, or situations; hallmark of blaming/scapegoating
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Immature defense
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Denial
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Involves escaping unpleasant realities by ignoring their existence
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Immature defense
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