Defense mechanisms psych Flashcards
1
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Expressing unacceptable feelings and thoughts through actions
A
Acting out
2
Q
Justifying behavior to avoid difficult truth
A
Rationalization
3
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Reverting to earlier developmental stage
A
Regression
4
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Avoiding conflict by expressing hostility covertly
A
passive aggression
5
Q
transferring feelings to a more acceptable object
A
displacement
6
Q
using intellect to avoid uncomfortable feelings
A
Intellectualization
7
Q
behaving as in an aspect of reality does not exist
A
denial
8
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attributing one’s own feelings to another
A
projection
9
Q
seeing others as all good or bad
A
splitting
10
Q
chaneling impulses into an acceptable behaviors
A
sublimation
11
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suppression
A
putting unwanted feelings aside to cope with reality
12
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responding in a manner opposite to one’s own feelings
A
reaction formation
