Anxiety & OCD Related Disorders (defense mechanisms)

Question 1

The ______ sends hormones like cortisol which increases the glucose to our body and brain and adrenaline to increase our blood pressure (plus other responses).

Answer 1

hypothalamus

Question 2

The ______ remembers past dangers and scans what we see and hear for potential danger.

If this part of the brain is triggered, it sends us into fight, flight, or freeze reaction.

Answer 2

Amygdala

Question 3

Chronic stress is when the body stays in a stress reaction, and the fight-flight response stays on. The body is continuously exposed to the hormones cortisol and adrenaline. Name 6 of the potential problems chronic stress has on the body.

Answer 3

Weight gain, sleep problems, memory and concentration problems, anxiety, and depression.

Depression causes the hippocampus to shrink

Question 4

_______ is a process in which events are analyzed based on remote, cold facts and without passion, rather than incorporating feeling and emotion into the processing.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 4

g.) intellectualization

Question 5

You are overwhelmed with papers due, test, etc. You choose not to think about this weekends plan.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 5

o.) Suppression

Question 6

_______ refers to the unconscious rejection of emotionally unacceptable features and attributing them to others.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 6

h.) Projection

You can remember this defense through the childhood retort of “what you say is what you are”

Question 7

_______ is a disruption in consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment that results in compartmentalizing uncomfortable or unpleasant aspects of oneself.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 7

e.) Dissociation

Question 8

You are rude to a friend and then say, “I was just joking.”

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 8

p.) Undoing

Question 9

_______ is an unconscious exclusion of unpleasant or unwanted experiences, emotions, or ideas from conscious awareness.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 9

L.) Repression

Question 10

_______ is when unacceptable feelings or behaviors are controlled and kept out of awareness by developing the opposite behavior or emotion.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 10

j.) Reaction formation

Question 11

_______ involves escaping unpleasant, anxiety-causing thoughts, feelings, wishes, or needs by ignoring their existence.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 11

c.) Denial

Question 12

_______ is the transference of emotions associated with a particular person, object, or situation to another nonthreatening person, object, or situation.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 12

d.) Displacement

Question 13

_______ is used to counterbalance perceived deficiencies by emphasizing strengths.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 13

a.) Compensation

Question 14

_______ is the unconscious transformation of anxiety into a physical symptom with no organic cause.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 14

b.) Conversion

Question 15

_______ is most commonly seen in children. It is when a person makes up for an act or communication.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 15

p.) Undoing

Question 16

_______ is the inability to integrate the positive and negative qualities of oneself or others into a cohesive image.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 16

m.) Splitting

Question 17

An adult cannot remember a trauma experienced when they were 10 years old.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 17

L.) Repression

Question 18

_______ consists of justifying illogical or unreasonable ideas, actions, or feelings by developing acceptable explanations that satisfy the teller as well as the listener.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 18

i.) Rationalization

Question 19

_______ is attributing to oneself the characteristics of another person or group. This may be done consciously or unconsciously.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 19

f.) identification

Question 20

_______ is an unconscious process of substituting mature and socially acceptable activity for immature and unacceptable impulses.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 20

n.) Sublimation

Question 21

_______ is the conscious denial of a disturbing situation or feeling. For example, Jessica has been studying for the state board examination for a week solid. She says, “I won’t worry about paying my rent until after my exam tomorrow.”

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 21

o.) Suppression

Question 22

_______ is reverting to an earlier, more primitive and childlike pattern of behavior that may or may not have been previously exhibited.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 22

k.) Regression

Question 23

Your first love is music but you know you are not good enough to major in it. You also really like science and people and you decide to take nursing.

a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing

Answer 23

a.) Compensation