Defense Mechanisms

Question 1

Denial

Answer 1

Reality is ignored and you tell yourself false things

Question 2

Repression

Answer 2

Painful moments can fade in your memory unconsciously. Momentary memory lapses to forgetting traumatic moments

Question 3

Suppression

Answer 3

Bad feelings/moments are consciously suppressed

Question 4

Projection

Answer 4

Putting the blame on someone else, most of the time weaker or lesser than you

Question 5

Displacement

Answer 5

Anger against someone you shouldn’t be angry at

Question 6

Reaction formation

Answer 6

Reacting so something/someone the opposite way that you feel

Question 7

Regression

Answer 7

Abandon all other coping ways and go to wining/cry/complaining

Question 8

Fixation

Answer 8

Oral fixation includes people who smoke, bite nails and chew gum when nervous

Question 9

Identification

Answer 9

Taking on characteristics of someone else

Question 10

Rationalization

Answer 10

Using false logic to convince themselves that things are the way they should be

Question 11

Isolation

Answer 11

Allows bad or fearful moments to become part of your memory and conscious mind

Question 12

Sublimation

Answer 12

Channeling your feelings into someone like sports

Question 13

Compensation

Answer 13

Putting extra effort into something to compensate for feeling inferior