Defense Mechanisms Flashcards

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The ______ sends hormones like cortisol which increases the glucose to our body and brain and adrenaline to increase our blood pressure (plus other responses).

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hypothalamus

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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.

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Amygdala

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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.

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Weight gain, sleep problems, memory and concentration problems, anxiety, and depression.

Depression causes the hippocampus to shrink

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_______ 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

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g.) intellectualization

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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

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o.) Suppression

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_______ 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

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h.) Projection

You can remember this defense through the childhood retort of “what you say is what you are”

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_______ 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

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e.) Dissociation

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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

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p.) Undoing

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_______ 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

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L.) Repression

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_______ 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

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j.) Reaction formation

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_______ 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

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c.) Denial

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_______ 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

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d.) Displacement

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_______ 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

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a.) Compensation

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_______ 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

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b.) Conversion

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_______ 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

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p.) Undoing

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_______ is the inability to integrate the positive and negative qualities of oneself or others into a cohesive image.

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

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m.) Splitting

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An adult cannot remember a trauma experienced when they were 10 years old.

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

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L.) Repression

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_______ consists of justifying illogical or unreasonable ideas, actions, or feelings by developing acceptable explanations that satisfy the teller as well as the listener.

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

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i.) Rationalization

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_______ is attributing to oneself the characteristics of another person or group. This may be done consciously or unconsciously.

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

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f.) identification

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_______ is an unconscious process of substituting mature and socially acceptable activity for immature and unacceptable impulses.

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

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n.) Sublimation

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_______ is the conscious denial of a disturbing situation or feeling. For example, Jessica has been studying for the state board examination for a week solid. She says, “I won’t worry about paying my rent until after my exam tomorrow.”

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

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o.) Suppression

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_______ is reverting to an earlier, more primitive and childlike pattern of behavior that may or may not have been previously exhibited.

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

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k.) Regression

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Your first love is music but you know you are not good enough to major in it. You also really like science and people and you decide to take nursing.

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

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a.) Compensation