Defense Mechanism

Question 1

used to protect the ego against anxiety, feelings of inadequacy, and worthlessness. They operate on an unconscious level and distort reality

Answer 1

Defense Mechanism

Question 2

Using reason to avoid emotional conflict

Answer 2

Intellectualization

Question 2

Attempt to be like someone or emulate the personality, traits, or behaviors of another person

Answer 2

Identification

Question 2

The transference of
feelings to another
person or object

Answer 2

Displacement

Question 2

Unconscious failure to
acknowledge an event,
thought, feeling that is
too painful for conscious awareness.

Answer 2

Denial

Question 3

Separation of an unacceptable feeling, idea, or impulse from one’s thought process

Answer 3

Isolation

Question 4

Incorporation of values or qualities of an admired person or group into one’s own ego structure

Answer 4

Introjection

Question 5

Attributing one’s own thoughts or impulses to another person

Answer 5

Projection

Question 6

Offering an acceptable, logical explanation to make unacceptable feelings and behavior acceptable

Answer 6

Rationalization

Question 7

The involuntary exclusion of a painful thought or memory from awareness

Answer 7

Repression

Question 8

Substitution of an unacceptable feeling with a more socially acceptable one

Answer 8

Sublimation

Question 9

Communication or behavior done to negate a previously unacceptable act

Answer 9

Undoing

Question 10

The voluntary/intentional exclusion of feelings and ideas

Answer 10

Suppression