Defense

Question 1

Dealing with anxiety by reaching out to others

Answer 1

Altruism

Question 2

Dealing with unacceptable feelings or impulses by unconsciously substituting acceptable forms of expression

Answer 2

Sublimation

Question 3

Unconsciously putting unacceptable thoughts, ideas, and emotions out of awareness

Answer 3

Repression

Question 4

Voluntarily denying unpleasant thoughts and feelings

Answer 4

Suppression

Question 5

Sudden use of childlike or primitive behaviors that do not correlate with the person’s current developmental level

Answer 5

Regression

Question 6

Shifting feelings related to a person, object, or situation to another less threatening person, object, or situation

Answer 6

Displacement

Question 7

Unacceptable feelings or behaviors are controlled or kept out of awareness by overcompensating or demonstrating.

Answer 7

Reaction Formation

Question 8

Performing an act to make up for prior behavior

Answer 8

Undoing

Question 9

Creating reasonable and acceptable explanations for unacceptable behavior

Answer 9

Rationalization

Question 10

A disruption in consciousness, memory, identity or perception of the environment that results in compartmentalization of uncomfortable or unpleasant aspects of oneself

Answer 10

Dissociation

Question 11

Pretending the truth is not reality to manage unpleasant, anxiety-causing thoughts or feelings

Answer 11

Denial

Question 12

Emphasizing strengths to make up for weaknesses

Answer 12

Compensation

Question 13

Conscious or unconscious assumption of the characteristics of another individual or group

Answer 13

Identification

Question 14

Separation of logical facts and emotions when analyzing or coping with a situation or event

Answer 14

Intellectualization

Question 15

Responding to stress through the unconscious development of physical manifestations not caused by a physical illness

Answer 15

Conversion

Question 16

Demonstrating an inability to reconcile negative and positive attributes of self or others into a cohesive image

Answer 16

Splitting

Question 17

Attributing one’s unacceptable thoughts and feelings onto another who does not have them

Answer 17

Projection