Defence Mechanisms

Question 0

Projection

Answer 0

In projection, the undesirable feelings are attributed to another person or persons

Question 1

Suppression

Answer 1

Unpleasant feelings are suppressed through a conscious effort to ignore them

Question 2

Displacement

Answer 2

Object displacement, anger or another emotion is initially felt toward a person against whom it is

Question 3

Reaction formation

Answer 3

Involves behavior that is diametrically opposed to the impulses or feelings that one is repressing

Question 4

Regression

Answer 4

When confronted by stressful events, people sometimes abandon coping strategies and revert to patterns of behavior used earlier in developed

Question 5

Fixation

Answer 5

People with an oral fixation have problems with drinking,smoking, and nail biting when they are experiencing stressful events.

Question 6

Identification

Answer 6

Taking on the characteristics of someone else

Question 7

Rationalization

Answer 7

Is an attempt to deny ones true motives by using a reason that is more logical or socially acceptable than ones own reasons

Question 8

Isolation

Answer 8

It involves compartmentalizng ones experience so that an event becomes separated from everyone else

Question 9

Sublimation

Answer 9

Involves re channeling the energy connected with an unacceptable impulse

Question 10

Compensation

Answer 10

Devoting unusual efforts to achievement in order to overcome feelings of inferiority