Defense Mechanisms.

Question 1

a college student won’t eat or sleep until all his work is done.

Answer 1

asceticism

Question 2

reaction formation

Answer 2

being nice when you really don’t like someone.
- doing the opposite of how/what you feel.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

sublimation

Question 4

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

Answer 4

displacement

Question 5

intellectualization

Answer 5

• content is separated from repressed affect.
• researching PTSD criteria instead of addressing it in therapy

Question 6

a woman is unfaithful but accuses her husband of cheating on her

Answer 6

projection

Question 7

characterized by rigor and self-denial

Answer 7

asceticism

Question 8

ascesticism

Answer 8

• denying yourself something for the cause of something else

Question 9

unacceptable feelings are expressed as their opposite

Answer 9

reaction formation

Question 10

process by which we avoid being punished for undesirable thoughts or actions

Answer 10

undoing

Question 11

refusing to let into awareness unacceptable thoughts, feelings, emotions.

Answer 11

repression

Question 12

projection

Answer 12

• putting your thoughts/feelings onto someone else

Question 13

distorting reality and not acknowledging emotions or events

Answer 13

denial

Question 14

using plausible reasons to justify an action or opinion

Answer 14

rationalization

Question 15

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

Answer 15

rationalization

Question 16

the “taking in” or “swallowing whole” a characteristic or traits of another person or outside event

Answer 16

introjection/internalization

Question 17

identification

Answer 17

• when you identify with someone and pick up on their traits.

Question 18

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

Answer 18

identification

Question 19

sublimation

Answer 19

changing bad thoughts + behaviors into good social thoughts + behaviors

Question 20

a woman recently diagnoses with depression focuses on learning about the symptoms of depression instead of expressing her feelings

Answer 20

intellectualization

Question 21

denial

Answer 21

lack of acknowledgment

Question 22

when affect is transferred from one object to another

Answer 22

displacement

Question 23

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

Answer 23

introjection/internalization

Question 24

displacement

Answer 24

• putting a problem onto someone or something else.
• different than projection

Question 25

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

Answer 25

undoing

Question 26

repression

Answer 26

• refused to let into awareness unacceptable impulses but remains unconsciously operative in behavior

Question 27

placing unacceptable impulses from one person to another

Answer 27

projection

Question 28

process by which content is separated from repressed affect

Answer 28

intellectualization

Question 29

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

Answer 29

repression

Question 30

a woman decides to become a psychologist because her mom is one

Answer 30

identification

Question 31

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

Answer 31

reaction formation

Question 32

displacing unacceptable instincts for constructive and socially acceptable behaviors

Answer 32

sublimation

Question 33

rationalization

Answer 33

• plausible reasons justify an action or opinion
• helps the person cope with disappointments by blaming external circumstances.
• justifying something.

Question 34

introjection/internalization

Answer 34

• internalization of outside events or characteristics of other people.
• victim may use it to identify with the aggressors’ behavior to help protect herself.

Question 35

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

Answer 35

denial