2.2 Flashcards
Affect
External expression of emotion.
Aggression
The intentional infliction of physical or psychological harm on another.
Alarm
Is defined as fear or anxiety caused by the sudden realization of danger created by the impact of the shock.
Alienation
The state of estrangement an individual feels in social settings that are viewed as foreign, unpredictable or unacceptable.
Anger
Blame directed toward another person.
Anxiety
Anxiety A state of tension, typically characterized by rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath and, other similar ramifications of arousal of the autonomic nervous system; an emotion characterized by a vague fear or premonition that something undesirable is going to happen.
Denial
The defense mechanism by which a person refuses to see things as they are because such facts are threatening to the ego
Displaced Aggression
A defense mechanism in which anger is redirected toward a person or object other than the one who provided the anger originally.
Displacement
Redirection of emotion to other targets.
Ego Defense Mechanisms
An unconscious, irrational mental process used by the ego to defned against anxiety.
Frustration
The state of being prevented from attaining a purpose; thwarted; the blocking of the motive satisfaction by some kind of obstacle.
Guilt
Blame directed toward one’s self based on real or unreal conditions.
Numbness
The feeling of a bereaved person who has no feelings after the death of a close relative.
Panic
A strong motion characterized by sudden and extreme fear.
Projection
Attribution of one’s unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or behaviors to someone else.
Rationalization
Supplying a logical, rational, socially acceptable reason rather than the real reason for an action.
Reaction Formation
A defensive mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate.
Regression
A defense mechanism used in grief to return to more familiar and often more primitive modes of coping.
Repression
Blocking of threatening material from consciousness.
Shame
The assumption of blame directed toward one’s self by others.
Shock
The reaction of the body to an event often experienced emotionally as a sudden, violent, and upsetting disturbance
Sublimation
Redirection of emotion to culturally or socially useful purposes.
