Defense Mechanisms Flashcards
The ______ sends hormones like cortisol which increases the glucose to our body and brain and adrenaline to increase our blood pressure (plus other responses).
hypothalamus
The ______ remembers past dangers and scans what we see and hear for potential danger.
If this part of the brain is triggered, it sends us into fight, flight, or freeze reaction.
Amygdala
Chronic stress is when the body stays in a stress reaction, and the fight-flight response stays on. The body is continuously exposed to the hormones cortisol and adrenaline. Name 6 of the potential problems chronic stress has on the body.
Weight gain, sleep problems, memory and concentration problems, anxiety, and depression.
Depression causes the hippocampus to shrink
_______ is a process in which events are analyzed based on remote, cold facts and without passion, rather than incorporating feeling and emotion into the processing.
a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing
g.) intellectualization
You are overwhelmed with papers due, test, etc. You choose not to think about this weekends plan.
a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing
o.) Suppression
_______ refers to the unconscious rejection of emotionally unacceptable features and attributing them to others.
a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing
h.) Projection
You can remember this defense through the childhood retort of “what you say is what you are”
_______ is a disruption in consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment that results in compartmentalizing uncomfortable or unpleasant aspects of oneself.
a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing
e.) Dissociation
You are rude to a friend and then say, “I was just joking.”
a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing
p.) Undoing
_______ is an unconscious exclusion of unpleasant or unwanted experiences, emotions, or ideas from conscious awareness.
a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing
L.) Repression
_______ is when unacceptable feelings or behaviors are controlled and kept out of awareness by developing the opposite behavior or emotion.
a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing
j.) Reaction formation
_______ involves escaping unpleasant, anxiety-causing thoughts, feelings, wishes, or needs by ignoring their existence.
a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing
c.) Denial
_______ is the transference of emotions associated with a particular person, object, or situation to another nonthreatening person, object, or situation.
a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing
d.) Displacement
_______ is used to counterbalance perceived deficiencies by emphasizing strengths.
a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing
a.) Compensation
_______ is the unconscious transformation of anxiety into a physical symptom with no organic cause.
a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing
b.) Conversion
_______ is most commonly seen in children. It is when a person makes up for an act or communication.
a. ) Compensation b.) Conversion c.) Denial
d. ) Displacement e.) Dissociation f.) Identification
g. ) Intellectualization h.) Projection i.) Rationalization
j. ) Reaction formation k.) Regression l.) Repression
m. ) Splitting n.) Sublimation o.) Suppression
p. ) Undoing
p.) Undoing