1.3 - Defense and Coping Mechanisms Flashcards
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True or False: The superego has unconscious components only.
False. It has both conscious and unconcious components.
Which Freudian component of human consciousness is primarily unconcious and is driven to immediate gratification of drives?
Id
Which Freudian component of the human mind prohibits impulses and drives from being expressed?
Supergo
Which Freudian structure of the mind seeks as compromise between the gratification of drives and prohibition of impulses?
Ego
What function of the mind entails the collectin, identification, organization, and interpretation of sensory information to represent the external environment?
Perception
Arya had herself taught by the Hound how to kill a man. After a few lessons, she was able to kill Cersei. What ego function is exhibited by Arya in this situation?
Learning
It is the ego’s capacity to distingush what is occuring in one’s own mind from what is occuring in the external world.
Reality-testing
Sherlock sees a large footprint in front of the door and deduces that his brother Mycroft must have walked in. What ego function is exhibited by Sherlock?
Thinking
After careful discernment, Jett figured out that it would be better to go to Ateneo instead of UP for college. What ego function was exercised by Jett?
Judgment
Which of the following is false regarding defense mechanisms?
a. It is a result of a compromise between the id and the superego.
b. It is recruited by the ego to decrease anxiety.
c. It is an expression of impulses in disguised form,
d. It is always abnormal and maladaptive.
d. It is always abnormal and maladaptive.
Enumerate the four major classifications of defense mechanisms.
Narcissistic/Psychotic
Immature
Neurotic
Mature
It is seeing but not acknowledging what one sees, hears, or negating what is heard.
Denial
It is a defense mechanism that alters one’s perceptin of the environment by replacing reality with a more acceptable versin to suit inner needs.
Distortion
Jon Snow teases Ygritte that she wants her to see him naked in the cave. In truth, Ygritte doesn’t want to but Jon wants to undress Ygritte and make love with her inside the cave. What defense mechanism is displayed by Ned Stark’s bastard?
Projection
A slave approaches the Mother of Dragons to tell her that his son was scorched into ashes by her dragons. The Khaleesi accuses the slave’s report as a lie. What defense mechanism is being exhibited, and under what classification is that specific mechanism?
Denial, Narcissistic
Punching someone you do not like is an example of what defense mechanism?
Acting out
It is the expression of hostile feelings in a non-aggressive or non-confrontational manner.
Passive-aggressive behavior
Shae calls Tyrion and Tywin as “My Lion.” What defense mechanism does she uses in this situation?
Regression
Schizoid fantasy, or the act of retreating into one’s private world to avoid anxiety, is under what class of defense mechanisms?
Immature
Theon is scared of Ramsay Snow’s presence, so he pretends that his genital area still hurts after the latter’s mutilation of it. What defense mechanism is displayed by the son of Balon Greyjoy?
Hypochondriasis
It is the process of converting emotional pain into physical symptoms and focusing one’s attention on somatic rather than intrapsychic concerns.
Somatization
All of the following are neurotic defense mechanisms except:
a. reaction formation
b. rationalization
c. regression
d. repression
c. regression
Slamming the door when you are angry at your parents is an example of:
Displacement
Out of fear, Sansa protected Littlefinger from the elders of the Vale. After doing so, she felt stupid that she did not recount the murderous deed that Lord Baelish had committed. To comfort herself, she convinced herself that Littlefinger would be a useful ally, so there was nothing wrong about her keeping silent. This is an example of:
Rationalization
