Defense mechanisms Quest

Question 1

denial

Answer 1

conscious refusal to perceive that painful facts exist
ex: denial about someone’s death

Question 2

repression

Answer 2

the exclusion of distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings from the conscious mind
ex: repressing sexual assault and never dealing with it

Question 3

reaction formation

Answer 3

unwanted reaction to something that is the opposite of what you actually feel
ex: a man who is insecure about his masculinity Acts overly aggressive to those around him

Question 4

projection

Answer 4

when unwanted feelings are presented towards another person
ex: mother who is insecure about her body projects those feelings onto her daughter and tells the daughter insulting things about her own body

Question 5

rationalization

Answer 5

afe and reasonable explanation for the true cause of behavior
ex: person was stood up on a date so they convince themselves that they didn’t like the other person anyways

Question 6

displacement

Answer 6

placing your anger or frustration onto someone else
ex:guy angry at his boss takes it out on his family

Question 7

identification

Answer 7

making yourself like someone else and identifying with them
ex: son copying mannerisms of his father

Question 8

sublimation

Answer 8

channeling emotions into a productive outlet
ex: going to the gym whenever you’ve had a stressful day at work

Question 9

insight therapy

Answer 9

verbal interactions with the therapist that are supposed to increase the client’s self-knowledge and promote healthful changes personality and behavior

Question 10

free association

Answer 10

clients spontaneously express their thoughts and feelings exactly as they occur, with as little censorship as possible

Question 11

dream analysis

Answer 11

The therapist interprets the symbolic meaning of the clients dreams

Question 12

manifest content (dream analysis)

Answer 12

The plot of the dream at a surface level. What specifically a person is dreaming about

Question 13

latent content (dream analysis)

Answer 13

The symbolic or hidden meaning of the events in the dream

Question 14

interpretation

Answer 14

Refers to the therapists attempts to explain the inner significance of clients thoughts, feelings, memories, and behaviors

Question 15

resistance

Answer 15

largely unconscious defensive maneuvers by the patient intended to hinder the progress of therapy. (anger, changing the subject, being late, not showing up, etc.)

Question 16

transference

Answer 16

Occurs when patients unconsciously start relating to their therapists in way that mimic critical relationships in their lives.

Question 17

countertransference

Answer 17

When a counselor projects his or her feelings unconsciously onto the client

Question 18

Id (freud)

Answer 18

wants or desires, impulsivity. The more primitive part of personality. Freud referred to it as Satisfying immediate needs through the pleasure principle

Question 19

superego (freud)

Answer 19

Part of personality that is about conscience, society’s limits, morality

Question 20

ego (freud)

Answer 20

mediator between the excess associated with a powerful Id & the restrictions placed on us by a powerful Superego