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psychological triad
how a person thinks, feels, and behaves

these can overlap and conflict
personality
an individual's characteristic patterns of thought, emotions, and behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms-hidden or not- behind those patterns
denial
simplest defense mechanism

refusal to acknowledge the source of anxiety, or even fails to perceive it in the first place

usually temporary, but if persistent it could be a sign of psychopathology (i.e. alcoholism)
repression
more complex than denial

pushing out of awareness or failing to perceive things that currently exist, such as an anxiety-producing event or feelings
reaction formation
keeps forbidden thoughts, feelings, and impulses out of awareness and action by instigating their opposites

doing the opposite of the forbidden impulse builds sort of a safety margin, ensuring that the impulse never reaches consciousness or action

i.e. gay bashing
projection
tactic of attributing to someone else a thought or impulse that is feared in oneself

"it's not me that feels this way, it's him."
rationalization
most widely used defense mechanism of all

having done something that would otherwise cause you shame, you rationalize the situation
intellectualization
turn the feeling into a thought

i.e. killing people in war
displacement
replacing one object with the emotion of another
sublimation
base and forbidden impulses are transformed into constructive behaviors

i.e. if you like to fight a lot, become a lawyer; if you like to poke and probe people, become a surgeon
shortcomings of freud's theory
excessive complexity
case study method
poor definitions
untestability
sexism
the result of psychic conflict is _____ .
anxiety.