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1
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Rationalization

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defense process by which plausible reasons justify an action or opinion

2
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Helps person cope with disappointments by blaming external circumstances

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Rationalization

3
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repression

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let into awareness unacceptable impulses but remains unconsciously operative behavior

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Projection

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places unacceptable feelings from the person feeling them onto another person

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after years of celibacy, there person begins to eat copious amounts of food…

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Repression

6
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Interjection/internalization

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is the internalization of outside events or characteristics of other people

7
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denial

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distorts reality and does not acknowledge emotion

8
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a person with major depression may use professional dance to help cope with suicidal thoughts

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Sublimation

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undoing

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process by which we avoid being punished for undesirable thoughts or actions