Defense Mechanisms

Question 1

Process by which content is separated from repressed affect.

Answer 1

Intellectualization

Question 2

A man attends anger management classes but states that he doesn’t have a problem.

Answer 2

Denial

Question 3

“I didn’t have time to go to the gym because I had to make dinner for my kids.”

Answer 3

Rationalization

Question 4

Characterized by rigor and self-denial

Answer 4

Ascetism

Question 5

“I’m afraid of snakes, but I’m not sure why.”

Answer 5

Repression

Question 6

Unacceptable feelings are expressed as the opposite.

Answer 6

Reaction Formation

Question 7

Using plausible reasons to justify an action or opinion

Answer 7

Rationalization

Question 8

A woman decides to become a psychologist because her mother is one.

Answer 8

Identification

Question 9

Refusing to let into awareness unacceptable thoughts, feelings, emotions

Answer 9

Repression

Question 10

A college student won’t eat or sleep unless his work is done.

Answer 10

Ascetism

Question 11

When affect is transferred from one object to another.

Answer 11

Displacement

Question 12

A woman recently diagnosed with depression focuses on learning about the symptoms of depression instead of expressing her feelings.

Answer 12

Intellectualization

Question 13

Process by which qualities of an external object are absorbed into one’s personality

Answer 13

Identification

Question 14

A boy is interested in a girl but acts aloof and disinterested when around her.

Answer 14

Reaction Formation

Question 15

A father who lost his job finds himself yelling at his kids more often.

Answer 15

Displacement

Question 16

The “taking in” or “swallowing whole” a characteristic or trait of another person or outside events.

Answer 16

Introjection/Internalization

Question 17

Placing unacceptable impulses from one person to another.

Answer 17

Projection

Question 18

Displacing unacceptable instincts for constructive and socially acceptable behaviors.

Answer 18

Sublimination

Question 19

Process by which we avoid being punished for undesirable thoughts or actions.

Answer 19

Undoing

Question 20

“I’m going to stand up to the bully by being strong like my Dad.”

Answer 20

Introjection/Internalization

Question 21

A man with a lot of aggressive energy becomes a professional rugby player.

Answer 21

Sublimation

Question 22

A woman is unfaithful but accuses her husband of cheating on her.

Answer 22

Projection

Question 23

A teenager gets into a loud argument with his parents but then cleans up his room without being asked.

Answer 23

Undoing

Question 24

Distorting reality and not acknowledging emotions or events.

Answer 24

Denial

Question 25

Psychological defense mechanisms help the ego cope with:

Answer 25

Anxiety, frustration, and unacceptable impulses.

Question 26

Psychological defense mechanisms help relieve tension between

Answer 26

inner psychological reality and the demands of the external world.

Question 27

Denial, reaction formation, and projections are considered

Answer 27

Primitive defense mechanisms because they are the most out of touch with reality.

Question 28

Sublimation, undoing, rationalization, displacement, identification, and intellectualization

Answer 28

Higher levels of functioning.

Question 29

A defense process by which plausible reasons justify an action or opinion.

Answer 29

Rationalization

Question 30

Rationalization helps a person cope with disappointments by

Answer 30

blaming external circumstances

Question 31

Refuses to let into awareness unacceptable impulses but remains unconsciously operative in behavior.

Answer 31

Repression

Question 32

When affect is transferred from one object to another.

Answer 32

Displacement

Question 33

The process by which qualities of an external object are absorbed into one’s personality

Answer 33

Identification

Question 34

A process by which content is separated from repressed affect.

Answer 34

Intellectualization

Question 35

This defense mechanism is characterized by rigor and self-denial.

Answer 35

Asceticism

Question 36

The process by which unacceptable impulses are expressed as their opposites.

Answer 36

Reaction Formation

Question 37

The internalization of of outside events or characteristics of other people.

Answer 37

Introjection or Internalization

Question 38

The placement of unacceptable feelings from the person feeling them onto another person.

Answer 38

Projection

Question 39

The distortion of reality and does not acknowledge emotion.

Answer 39

Denial

Question 40

The displacement of unacceptable instincts for constructive and socially acceptable behaviors.

Answer 40

Sublimation

Question 41

The process by which we avoid being punished for undesirable thoughts or acctions.

Answer 41

Undoing