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Introspective Midterm 1. How does the acceptance of impermanence become challenging in your relationships? Give a detailed personal example of this struggle using the lecture definition. According to lecture impermanence means things are constantly changing, so nothing is forever or permanent. Impermanence is usually challenging for me, because I have a hard time adjusting to change when I still feel the same about a situation or a person. For instance, when there is a death in my family I…

Q1 I agree with the statement that the first 4 Ds are defense mechanisms and barriers to fully develop our multicultural competence for two reasons. The first reason they are defense mechanism is because they inhibit people from allowing themselves to become uncomfortable by not entering new situations with people who are different than themselves. Freud believed that the ego uses defense mechanisms to keep it safe from anxiety caused by the external world. People have an innate reasoning that…

Personality Freud’s Personality Structure and Ego Defense Mechanisms Personality is not a readily defined concept. Different psychologists have different personality theories. For this chapter, we will learn about the personality theories of Sigmund Freud Carl Jung And, take the Enneagram Personality test. This week we will learn about Sigmund Freud’s personality theory, ego defense mechanisms, and explore the ego in more depth. Freud described the mind as if it were divided into three…

I have conducted an interview with a sixty-two-year-old nurse to develop a better understanding of non-sharable problems and of rationalization. I was surprised with the understanding of these terms my interviewee had without really hearing the terms used often in her life. She told me of encounters she has had personally with rationalization and non-sharable problems, and she also told me of stories of co-workers and friends who faced similar issues. The main thing I took away from the…

I am particularly drawn to the Psychodynamic Model that human function is determined by in conscience physiological forces. They attempt to discover and treat incidents caused from past traumas and inner conflicts. I admit I use to get confused by the basic id, ego, superego concepts, which have been clarified in this chapter. Particularly I can relate to all of the defense mechanisms of the ego: Repression, denial, projection, rationalization, displacement, intellectualization and regression. I…

Literature Review Abused vs. Non-abused Children: In Children ages 6 to 12 there are some similarities and differences between those who had normal growth and those who were abused. Children who have normal growth will experience aggression from the age of 2 ½ to 5 when situations like a toy missing or inefficient space arise. His or her aggression eventually ends and the next phase begins 6 to 7 years of age. This is where the child will become less aggressive and starts enhancing social…

Defensive Mechanisms Read the section on defense mechanisms on page 159, Figure 5.4 in the textbook. Describe those defense mechanisms that you recall other people using. Using first names only, describe who and how each person used the defense mechanism. (Describe at least five defense mechanisms.) Rationalization: One of the most common defense mechanisms is rationalization, the development of a logical but false explanation that protects a person’s self-concept. (p.159) Example 1: Nick a…

In the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, Emily, the protagonist, life changed completely after her father’s death. Emily is forced to enter a completely different lifestyle, one where she finds difficulty adapting to thus, isolating herself from the townspeople. Furthermore, Emily appears to be a troubled woman who is in a great of denial and living in a world where she feels trapped while desperately searching for love. Therefore, let us examine her denial with reality, her…

Have you ever made someone laugh so hard they start crying? For me that is one of the most incomparable feelings you can feel, because not only are you experiencing your joy, you’re feeling that other person's joy too. Laughter can make you feel captivated even in the darkest of times. People can use laughter as a way to tell their story or get things off their chest in a different way. Humor can be a different way of telling a story or giving voice to something. Humor, for me allows me to share…

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