Defense Mechanisms Flashcards
Repression
Forgetting the details of a really bad car accident
Denial
A child is told parents are getting divorced and may deny that is happening or deny being upset
Supression
Fears can be replaced by thinking of a happy place time or event
Projection
An angry person believes others are angry at him or her, is critical of others and believes they are critical of him or her.
Displacement
Taking out frustrastions, feelings and impulses on people or objects that are less threatening
Reaction formation
Treating someone you really dislike with a friendly manner
Regression
When confronted with stress people abandon coping strategies and revert to patterns of behavior used earlier in development
Fixation
People woth oral fixarion have problems with smoking and drinking
Identification
Taking on characteristics of someone important
Rationalization
Getting cut from a team and saying i didnt want to play anyway
Isolation
Reading about the grieving process after a parents death
Sublimation
Channeling aggressive tendencies into playing contact sports
Compensation
A person becomes physically disabled and compensates by working hard academically and become doctor
