Therapeutic Comm. Ch. 4

Front 1

1. Humans use this to cope w/anger & frustration?
2. It may because of dealing with failure/loss of self-respect?
3. Used to protect the ego from guilt,anxiety,or loss of self-esteem?
4. The body's way of seeking relief or guarding itself from uncomfortable feelings?

Back 1

defense Mechanisms

Hint 1

Ex: the child who throws a temper tantrum in an effort to the parents attention or the class clown!

Front 2

1.This is a defense Mechanism that is an attempt to escape fear,anxiety or conflict?

2. an attempt to withdraw from a circumstance that is unpleasant by retreating to an earlier,more secure stage of life?

Back 2

Regression

Hint 2

Ex: Toddlers become anxious/feel displaced and begin to soil themselves again, when new baby arrives or the foreign patient in an hospital who is fearful/anxious and may regress to speakin in native language!

Front 3

This is a defense M. that is a method of defending by forgetting or experiencing temp. amnesia?

2. It is the mind's way of protecting itself until it can cope w/overwhelming circumstances at a present time?

3. Clients w/post-traumatic stress syndrome may use this Defense M. to deal w/things to painful to face?

Back 3

Repression

Hint 3

Ex: Diabetic client who may forget to make an appt. for reevaluation in six months!

Ex: Child who fails a test and "forgets" to tell the parents!

Front 4

This Defense M. is the redirecting of a socially unacceptable impulse into a socially desirable behavior?

An ex. is when a doctor may suggest to a childless couple who do not want to adopt to get a hobby/or breed dogs/cats to substitute the desire?

Back 4

Sublimination

Hint 4

Ex: the artist who expresses sexual impulses in paintings/sculptures!

Ex: Unmarried persons who wish for children and work in daycare centers to substitute the desire!

Front 5

This Defense M. is attributing one's own thoughts/impulses to another individual as if they had originated in the other person? A form of defending oneself against feelings/urges that one does not want to admit are present?

Back 5

Projection

Hint 5

Ex: Client may say "you're not helpful or caring" when it's the client that's not helpful!

Ex: Usually negative/unacceptable feelings or urges are projected usually by mentally ill clients!

Front 6

This defense M. is shifting the emotional element of a situation from a threatening object to a nonthreatening one? It may when the client is very angry because the doctor did not explaine the procedure completely?

Back 6

Displacement

Hint 6

Ex: When the client leaves the office and the door is slammed very hard and in reality the doctor is being slammed!

Front 7

This defense M. is to cancel out a behavior or try to make amends. Is when the person is trying to make-up for inappropriate behavior/guilty feelings?

Back 7

Undoing

Hint 7

Ex: the abusive person often showers the abused w/gifts after the abuse hoping to undo the bad behavior!

Front 8

This defensive M. is consciously or unconsciously overemphasizing a characteristic to compensate for a real or imagined deficiency? Involves substituting a strength for a weakness and may be a healthy defense mechanism?

Back 8

Compensation

Hint 8

Ex: the boy who cannot play football because of his physical trait,but may be able to achieve academic award!

Front 9

This defense M. is when unconsciously you are trying to mimick another persons traits/behaviors in order to cope with feelings of inferiority/low self-image. Usually seen adolescents as they begin to identify w/ group & peers in order to keep up w/current trends & styles?

Back 9

Identification

Front 10

This defense M. is the unconscious refusal to acknowledge painful realities,feelings or experiences? Offers a temp. escape from the unpleasant event? It is when a person w/heart attack describes pain as "just indigestion" or when a cliet says "there must be a mistake" after hearing about lab results?

Back 10

Denial

Front 11

This defense M. is the mind's way of justifying behavior by offering an explanation other than a truthful response. It is often used to save face or avoid embarrassment? Usually there is a little bit of truth tied to the explanation? Usually the patient makes excuses like "he haves no time to do the exercises, because he haves to work?"

Back 11

Rationalization

Front 12

This defense M. is to cancel out a behavior or try to make amends. Is when the person is trying to make-up for inappropriate behavior/guilty feelings?

Back 12

Undoing

Hint 12

Ex: the abusive person often showers the abused w/gifts after the abuse hoping to undo the bad behavior!

Front 13

This defensive M. is consciously or unconsciously overemphasizing a characteristic to compensate for a real or imagined deficiency? Involves substituting a strength for a weakness and may be a healthy defense mechanism?

Back 13

Compensation

Hint 13

Ex: the boy who cannot play football because of his physical trait,but may be able to achieve academic award!

Front 14

This defense M. is when unconsciously you are trying to mimick another persons traits/behaviors in order to cope with feelings of inferiority/low self-image. Usually seen in adolescents as they begin to identify w/ group & peers in order to keep up w/current trends & styles?

Back 14

Identification

Front 15

This defense M. is the unconscious refusal to acknowledge painful realities,feelings or experiences? Offers a temp. escape from the unpleasant event? It is when a person w/heart attack describes pain as "just indigestion" or when a client says "there must be a mistake" after hearing about lab results?

Back 15

Denial

Front 16

This defense M. is the mind's way of justifying behavior by offering an explanation other than a truthful response. It is often used to save face or avoid embarrassment? Usually there is a little bit of truth tied to the explanation? Usually the patient that makes excuses that he haves no time to do the exercises, because he goes to work?

Back 16

Rationalization

Front 17

This defense M. is to cancel out a behavior or try to make amends. Is when the person is trying to make-up for inappropriate behavior/guilty feelings?

Back 17

Undoing

Hint 17

Ex: the abusive person often showers the abused w/gifts after the abuse hoping to undo the bad behavior!

Front 18

This defensive M. is consciously or unconsciously overemphasizing a characteristic to compensate for a real or imagined deficiency? Involves substituting a strength for a weakness and may be a healthy defense mechanism?

Back 18

Compensation

Hint 18

Ex: the boy who cannot play football because of his physical trait,but may be able to achieve academic award!

Front 19

This defense M. is when unconsciously you are trying to mimick another persons traits/behaviors in order to cope with feelings of inferiority/low self-image. Usually seen adolescents as they begin to identify w/ group & peers in order to keep up w/current trends & styles?

Back 19

Identification

Front 20

This defense M. is the unconscious refusal to acknowledge painful realities,feelings or experiences? Offers a temp. escape from the unpleasant event? It is when a person w/heart attack describes pain as "just indigestion" or when a cliet says "there must be a mistake" after hearing about lab results?

Back 20

Denial

Front 21

This defense M. is the mind's way of justifying behavior by offering an explanation other than a truthful response. It is often used to save face or avoid embarrassment? Usually there is a little bit of truth tied to the explanation? Usually the patient that makes excuses like "he haves no time to do the exercises, because he haves to work?"

Back 21

Rationalization