defense mechanisms

Question 1

Acting out

Answer 1

unaceptabel feelings are expressed through actions (tantrums)

Question 2

denial

Answer 2

avoidance of awarenss of painful reality

Question 3

Displacement

Answer 3

avoided ideas/feelings ransfered to a neutral person/object

Question 4

identification

Answer 4

modeling behavior after another rperson who is more powerful (but not necessarily admired)

Question 5

Isolation

Answer 5

separation of feelings form ideas/events- decribe murder w/ no emotional response

Question 6

Projection

Answer 6

unacceptable impulse attributed to an external source

Question 7

Fantasy

Answer 7

substituting imaginary scenarios to cope w/ emotion fo a situation, but acknowledgin the reality

Question 8

denial vs fantasy

Answer 8

in fantasy, the person acknowledge the reality. Denial you don’t acknowledge it.

Question 9

Projection vs displacement

Answer 9

projection - you think someone else is having your unacceptable feelings/impulse; displacement you redirect emotions to a more neutral target.

Question 10

Passive aggression

Answer 10

expressing anger by passively refusing to meet the target’s needs

Question 11

Reaction formation

Answer 11

unacceptable idea/feeling replace dby emphasis on its opposite

Question 12

Sublimation

Answer 12

unacceptable idea/feeling replaced with a similar action that does not conflict w/ one’s values (something productive, but not necessarily beneficial to others)

Question 13

Altrusims

Answer 13

unacceptable/guilty ideas/feelings are alleviated by unsolicited generosity w/o intention to cover up personal desire

Question 14

Repression

Answer 14

Involuntary(unconscious) withholding of an idea or feeling from conscious awareness (not rememebring traumatic experience)

Question 15

Suppression

Answer 15

Voluntary (conscious) withoholding of an idea or feeling from conscious awareness (not thinking about step 1 until wk of exam)