Defense Mechanisms

Question 1

These are methods attempting to protect the self and cope with basic drives or emotionally painful thoughts, feelings, or events.

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DEFENSE MECHANISMS

Question 2

What level of awareness does defense mechanisms operate?

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UNCONSCIOUS

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Overachievement in one area to offset real or or perceived deficiencies in another area.

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COMPENSATION

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Expression of an emotional conflict through the development of a physical symptom, usually sensorimotor in nature.

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CONVERSION

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Failure to acknowledge an unbearable condition; failure to admit the reality of a situation or how one enables the problem to continue.

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DENIAL

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Ventilation of intense feelings toward persons less threatening than the one who aroused those feelings.

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DISPLACEMENT

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Modelling actions and opinions of influential others while searching for identity or aspiring to reach a personal, social, or occupational goal.

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IDENTIFICATION

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Dealing with emotional conflict by a temporary alteration in consciousness or identity.

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DISASSOCIATION

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Immobilization of a portion of the personality resulting from unsuccessful completion of tasks in a developmental stage.

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FIXATION

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Separation of the emotions of a painful event or situation from the facts involved; acknowledging the facts but not the emotions.

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INTELLECTUALIZATION

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Accepting another person’s attitudes, beliefs, and values as one’s own.

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INTROJECTION

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Excusing own behavior to avoid guilt, responsibility, conflict, anxiety, or loss of self-respect.

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RATONALIZATION

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Unconscious blaming of unacceptable inclinations or thoughts on an external object.

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PROJECTION

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Moving back to a previous developmental stage to feel safe

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REGRESSION

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Acting the opposite of what one thinks or feels.

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REACTION FORMATION

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Excluding emotionally painful or anxiety provoking thoughts and feelings from conscious awareness.

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REPRESSION

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Substituting a socially acceptable activity for an impulse that is unacceptable.

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SUBLIMATION

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Overt or covert antagonism toward remembering or processing anxiety-producing information.

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RESISTANCE

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Replacing the desired gratification with one that is more readily available.

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SUBSTITUTION

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Conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts and feelings from conscious awareness.

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SUPPRESSION

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Exhibiting acceptable behavior to make up for or negate unacceptable behavior.

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UNDOING