Defense Mechanisms Flashcards
1
Q
Intellectualization
A
talks about something threatening while keeping emotional distance from feelings
2
Q
Projection
A
attributes threatening feeling or motive to another person
3
Q
Reaction formation
A
denies threatening feelings and states feelings of the opposite
4
Q
Splitting
A
avoiding contaminating negative thoughts with positive thoughts about someone, so create a good person and a bad person (ie having one that is all good and another that is all bad)
important to Kleinian theory
