Defense Mech Flashcards
undoing
do wrong try and undone immediately
sublimation
using emotions for a positive gain, the angry guy plays rugby
introjection
occurs when a person internalizes an idea or Voice of another person-often an authority figure
asceticism
Characterized by rigor and self-denial
A college student won’t eat or sleep until all his work is
done
identification
A woman decides to become a psychologist because her mom is one
occurs when a person not only takes on a belief or voice of another person but also begins to identify with that individual
displacement
When affect is transferred from one object to another
A father who lost his job finds himself yelling at his kids
more often
intellectualization
The process by which content is Separated from the repressed affect
projection
defense mechanism in which unacceptable aspects of one’s own personality are Rejected or Attributed to another person or entity
A woman is unfaithful but accuses her husband of
cheating on her
reaction formation
when a person seeks to cover up something unacceptable by adopting an opposite stance. For example, the gay person who has heterosexually promiscuous may be concealing their homosexual reality
conversion
A defense mechanism in which anxiety or emotional conflict is transformed into overt physical manifestations or symptoms such as pain,
loss of feeling, or paralysis
oriented times three
Knows where she is, who she is, and what day it is
