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20 Cards in this Set
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A shorter than average man becomes assertively verbal and excels in business |
Compensation - Adaptive |
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An individual drinks alcohol when self esteem is low to temporarily diffuse discomfort |
Compensation - Maladaptive |
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No example for adaptive use. Almost always a pathological defense. |
Conversion |
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A man becomes blind after seeing his wife flirt with other men |
Conversion - Maladaptive |
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A man reacts to the death of a loved on by saying “ No, I don’t believe you” to initially protect himself from the overwhelming news |
Denial - Adaptive |
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A woman whose husband died 3 years earlier still keeps his clothes in the closet and talks about him in the preset tense |
Denial - maladaptive |
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A child yells at his teddy bear after being picked in by the school bully |
Displacement - adaptive |
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A child who is unable to acknowledge fear of his father becomes fearful of animals |
Displacement - maladaptive |
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An art student is able to mentally separate herself from the noisy environment as she becomes absorbed in her work |
Dissociation - adaptive |
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As the result of an abusive childhood and the need to separate from its realties, a woman finds herself perpetually disconnected from reality |
Dissociation - maladaptive |
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An 8 year old girl dresses up like her teacher and puts together a pretend classroom for her friends |
Identification - adaptive |
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A young boy thinks a neighborhood pimp with money and drugs is someone to look up to |
Identification - maladaptive |
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Despite the fact that a man has lost his farm to a tornado, he analyzes his options and leads his child to safety |
Intellectualization - adaptive |
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A man responds to the death of his wife by focusing on the details of day care and operating the household, rather than processing the grief with his children |
Intellectualization - maladaptive |
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An employee says “I didn’t get the raise because the boss doesn’t like me” |
Rationalization - adaptive |
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A man who thinks his son was fathered by another man excuses his malicious treatment of the boy by saying “he is lazy and disobedient” when this is not the case |
Rationalization - maladaptive |
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A recovering alcoholic constantly talks about the evils of drinking |
Reaction formation - adaptive |
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A woman who has an unconscious hostility toward her daughter is overprotective and hovers over her to protect her from harm, interfering with her normal growth and development |
Reaction formation - maladaptive |
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No example of adaptive use. This is considered an immature defense mechanism |
Projection |
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A woman who has repressed an attraction toward other women refuses to socialize. She fears another woman will make homosexual advances toward her |
Projection - maladaptive |
