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Defense Mechanisms Flashcards

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Plausible reasons justify an action or opinion; Helps the person cope by blaming external circumstances

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Rationalization

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After not getting a job he applied for, “I’ll be better off at a different company.”

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Rationalization

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After getting turned down for a date, she says, “That person is really snobby.”

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Rationalization

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An abused spouse hitting her children as “punishment” after being hit by her spouse

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Rationalization

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Alcoholics analogy

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Rationalization

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Restraint of a feeling; refuses to let into awareness unacceptable impulses but remains unconscious operant in behavior

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Repression

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Sexually attracted to the opposite sex but pushes away this intolerable thought from consciousness only to later dream about such sexual impulses

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Repression

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After years of celibacy, the person begins to eat copious amounts of food

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Repression

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A young boy has a phobia of dogs but cannot remember the first time he was afraid of them

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Repression

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Redirect negative emotion from the original source to a less threatening recipient; affect is transferred from one object to another

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Displacement

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A person compulsively eats lollipops after having quit smoking

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Displacement

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A person begins to compulsively wash her hands after being shamed for masturbating

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Displacement

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A man yells at his spouse because he is unable to express anger towards his boss

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Displacement

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14
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Qualities of an external object are absorbed into one’s personality

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Identification

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A Bruce Lee fan becomes a disciplined martial art champion

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Identification

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A young person decides to follow in her father’s footsteps and becomes a lawyer

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Identification

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17
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Content is separated from repressed affect; thinking is used to avoid feeling

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Intellectualization

18
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Speaking of a traumatic childhood as if reading a scripted story

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Intellectualization

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A victim of sexual assault researching factual PTSD criteria instead of addressing her emotional pain in therapy

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Intellectualization

20
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Rigor or self-denial; abstinence from pleasure/denial from anything good

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Asceticism

21
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An adult refuses to eat or sleep until a major work project is complete

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Asceticism

22
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An adolescent copes with sexual tension and desire by refusing to engage in all pleasurable activities

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Asceticism

23
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Unacceptable impulses are expressed as their opposites; behaves in the opposite way that he thinks/feels; helps release anxiety and guilt associated with the true impulse

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Reaction Formation

24
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An angry supervisee being overly nice to his supervisor

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Reaction Formation

25
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Opposite sex bullying

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Reaction Formation

26
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A parent with an unwanted child being overly protective

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Reaction Formation

27
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A man who is gay and openly dates women and criticizes gay men

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Reaction Formation

28
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The internalization of outside events or characteristics of other people

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Introjection and Internalization

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A victim who identifies with the aggressor’s behaviors to help protect himself

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Introjection and Internalization

30
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A person putting on her seat belt before driving away in her car

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Introjection and Internalization

31
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Places unacceptable feelings from the person feeling them onto another person

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Projection

32
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A highly anxious colleague complains about another colleague’s anxieties

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Projection

33
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A person complains that no one likes him but in reality he does not like himself or others

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Projection

34
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Distorts reality and does not acknowledge emotion; refusal to accept

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Denial

35
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A person continues to eat unhealthy foods despite his doctor’s orders to eat healthier

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Denial

36
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An alcoholic attends a recovery program but continues to drink alcohol

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Denial

37
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Displace/transform unacceptable instincts for constructive and socially acceptable behaviors

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Sublimation

38
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A person with major depression uses professional dance to help suicidal thoughts

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Sublimation

39
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A person with aggressive impulses becomes a kickboxing instructor

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Sublimation

40
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Avoid being punished for undesirable thoughts or actions

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Undoing

41
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A spouse unconsciously undoes his many adulterous acts by buying his partner lavish gifts

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Undoing

42
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A person is overly nice to a person she had just insulted in her mind

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Undoing

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