2.2

Question 1

Affect

Answer 1

External expression of emotion.

Question 2

Aggression

Answer 2

The intentional infliction of physical or psychological harm on another.

Question 3

Alarm

Answer 3

Is defined as fear or anxiety caused by the sudden realization of danger created by the impact of the shock.

Question 4

Alienation

Answer 4

The state of estrangement an individual feels in social settings that are viewed as foreign, unpredictable or unacceptable.

Question 5

Anger

Answer 5

Blame directed toward another person.

Question 6

Anxiety

Answer 6

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.

Question 7

Denial

Answer 7

The defense mechanism by which a person refuses to see things as they are because such facts are threatening to the ego

Question 8

Displaced Aggression

Answer 8

A defense mechanism in which anger is redirected toward a person or object other than the one who provided the anger originally.

Question 9

Displacement

Answer 9

Redirection of emotion to other targets.

Question 10

Ego Defense Mechanisms

Answer 10

An unconscious, irrational mental process used by the ego to defned against anxiety.

Question 11

Frustration

Answer 11

The state of being prevented from attaining a purpose; thwarted; the blocking of the motive satisfaction by some kind of obstacle.

Question 12

Guilt

Answer 12

Blame directed toward one’s self based on real or unreal conditions.

Question 13

Numbness

Answer 13

The feeling of a bereaved person who has no feelings after the death of a close relative.

Question 14

Panic

Answer 14

A strong motion characterized by sudden and extreme fear.

Question 15

Projection

Answer 15

Attribution of one’s unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or behaviors to someone else.

Question 16

Rationalization

Answer 16

Supplying a logical, rational, socially acceptable reason rather than the real reason for an action.

Question 17

Reaction Formation

Answer 17

A defensive mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate.

Question 18

Regression

Answer 18

A defense mechanism used in grief to return to more familiar and often more primitive modes of coping.

Question 19

Repression

Answer 19

Blocking of threatening material from consciousness.

Question 20

Shame

Answer 20

The assumption of blame directed toward one’s self by others.

Question 21

Shock

Answer 21

The reaction of the body to an event often experienced emotionally as a sudden, violent, and upsetting disturbance

Question 22

Sublimation

Answer 22

Redirection of emotion to culturally or socially useful purposes.