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30 Cards in this Set
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Anticipation |
Realistically anticipating or planning for future inner discomfort |
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Affiliation |
'An individual deals with emotional conflict or internal or external stressors by' turning to others for help or support Note: the phrase with " ' ' " will be replaced by "..." on following terms for ease of use |
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Altruism |
...dedication to meeting the needs of others |
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Humor |
...emphazing the amusing or ironic aspects of the conflict or stressors |
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Self-assertion |
...expressing his or her feelings and thoughts directly in a way that is not coercive or manipulative |
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Self-observation |
...reflecting on his or her own thoughts, feelings, motivation and behavior and responding appropriately |
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Sublimation |
Channeling potentially maladaptive feelings or impulses into socially acceptable behavior |
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Suppression |
Intentionally avoiding thinking about disturbing, problems, wishes, feelings, or experiences |
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Displacement |
transferring a feeling about, or a response to, one object onto another (usually less threatening) substitute object. |
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Dissociation |
a breakdown in the usually integrated fucntions of consciousness, memory, perception of the self or the environment or sensory or motor behavior |
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Intellectualization |
excessive use of abstract thinking or the making of generalizations to control or minimize disturbing feelings. |
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Isolation of affect |
the speratation ideas from the feelings originally associated with them |
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Reaction formation |
substituting behavior, thoughts or feelings that are diametrically opposed to his or her own unacceptable thoughts or feelings |
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Undoing |
words or behavior designed to negate or to make amends symbolically for unacceptable thoughts, feelings or ideas |
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Devaluation |
attritbuting exaggerated negative qualities to self or others |
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Idealization |
attributing exaggerated positive qualities to others |
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Omnipotence |
feeling or acting as if he or she possesses special powers or abilities and is superior to others |
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Denial |
refusing to acknowledge some painful aspect of external reality or subjective experience that would be apparent to others |
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Projection |
falsely attributing to another his or her own unacceptable feeling, impulses or thoughts |
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Rationalization |
concealing the true motivations of his or her own thoughts, actions, or feelings through the elaboration of reassuring or self-serving but incorrect explanations |
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Autistic fantasy |
excessive daydreaming as a substitute for human relationships, more effective action or problem solving |
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Projective identification |
individual remains aware of his or her own affects or impulses but misattributes them as justifiable reactions to the other person |
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Splitting |
compartmentalizing opposite affect states and failing to integrate the positive and negative qualities of the self or others into cohesive images |
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Acting out |
deals with emotional conflict or internal or external stressors by actions rather than reflection or feelings |
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Apathetic withdrawal |
the individual is faced with emotional distress and the threat of external or internal sources through the lack of motivation, disinterest and apathetic indifference |
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Help-rejecting complaining |
complaining or making repetitive requests for help that guise covert feelings of hostility or reproach toward others which are them expressed by rejecting the suggestions, advice or help that others offer |
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Passive aggression |
indirectly and unassertively expression aggression toward others. there is a facade of overt compliance masking covert resistance, resentment or hostility |
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Delusional projection |
alter reality in response to the projection (removes guilt and anxiety) |
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Psychotic denial |
obliterates external reality |
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Psychotic distortion |
distorts the situation into that is at odds with possibilities of reality |