ch5: psychology - defense mechanism

Question 1

apathy

Answer 1

indifference; a lack of interest, concern, or emotion

Question 2

compensation

Answer 2

a method of balancing a failure with an accomplishment

Question 3

conversion

Answer 3

transformation of anxiety into a physical symptom that has no other cause

Question 4

denial

Answer 4

avoidance of unpleasant situations by ignoring or rejecting them

Question 5

displacement

Answer 5

redirection of emotions away from its original source onto a less serious source

Question 6

dissociation

Answer 6

a disconnection of emotional importance from a situation

Question 7

indentification

Answer 7

acting or stealing personality traits from others

Question 8

intellectualization

Answer 8

analysis of a situation with facts and not emotions

Question 9

interjection

Answer 9

adoption of the thoughts or feelings of others

Question 10

physical avoidance

Answer 10

keeping away from a person, place, or object that evokes memories of something unpleasant

Question 11

projection

Answer 11

the transfer of a persons unpleasant ideas into someone or something else

Question 12

rationalization

Answer 12

an explanation that makes something unacceptable sound reasonable

Question 13

reaction formation

Answer 13

expression of the opposite of one’s true feelings

Question 14

regression

Answer 14

the reverse to an earlier, more childlike, developmental behavior

Question 15

repression

Answer 15

the elimination of unpleasant emotions or problem from their conscious

Question 16

sarcasm

Answer 16

the use of words that have the opposite meaning used to be funny, insulting, or irritating

Question 17

sublimination

Answer 17

rechanneling unacceptable urges into something constructive or acceptable

Question 18

suppression

Answer 18

voluntary blocking of an unpleasant experience from one’s awareness

Question 19

undoing

Answer 19

canceling out an acceptable behavior with a symbolic gesture

Question 20

verbal aggression

Answer 20

a verbal attack on a person without addressing the original intent of the conversation