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1
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Adults finding comfort in their childhood blanket

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Fixation

2
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Tantrums

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Acting out

3
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“Not true!”

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Denial

4
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Mother yells at her child because her husband yelled at her

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Displacement

5
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Abused child becomes an abuser

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Identification

6
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Describes murder in graphic detail with no emotional response

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Isolation

7
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Can lead to multiple personalities

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Dissociation

8
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Disgruntled employee routinely late for work

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Passive aggression

9
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A patient with libidinous thoughts enters a monastery

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Reaction formation

10
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Seen in children under stress such as illness, punishment, or birth of a new sibling (bedwetting)

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Regression

11
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A patient says that all the nurses are cold and insensitive but that hte doctors are warm and friendly

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Splitting

12
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A man who wants another woman thinks his wife is cheating on him

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Projection

13
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After getting fired, claiming the job was not important anyway

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Rationalization

14
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20 year old doesn’t remember going to counseling during his parents divorce 10 years earlier

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Repression

15
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Mafia boss makes large donation to charity

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Altruism

16
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Nervous medical student jokes about the boards

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Humor

17
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Teenager’s aggression toward his father is directed to perform well in sports

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Sublimation

18
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Choosing to not worry about the big game until it is time to play

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Suppression