defense mechanisms

Question 1

asceticism

Answer 1

• rigor & self-denial
  -“student won’t eat or sleep till work is done”

Question 2

displacement

Answer 2

individual transferring negative feelings from one person or thing to another

Question 3

identification

Answer 3

qualities of an external object are absorbed into one’s personality
-mom is a doctor so daughter decides to become a daughter

Question 4

intellectualization

Answer 4

-content is separated from repressed affect
*speaking of personal trauma as if reading from a scripted story

Question 5

introjection/internalization

Answer 5

unconscious adoption of the thoughts or characteristics of others
-“Im going to stand up to the bully and be strong like my dad”

Question 6

sublimation

Answer 6

_Displacing unacceptable instincts for constructive and socially acceptable behaviors

Question 7

undoing

Answer 7

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

Question 8

reaction formation

Answer 8

Unacceptable feelings are expressed as their opposite.
-boy is interested in a girl but acts disinterested around them

Question 9

conversion

Answer 9

individuals reduce acute anxiety by transforming (converting) psychological suffering into physical symptoms