Disability and Coping Flashcards
Define denial/minimization as a defense mechanism.
Refusal/inability to acknowledge that which has happened or will happen. Protects individual from having to face unpleasant thoughts and feelings.
Define fantasizing as a defense mechanism.
Working out problems, dreaming of what could be, picturing situations with different people. Total escape from reality.
Define repression/suppression as a defense mechanism.
Primary defense mechanism b/c it is the foundation of others that are more complex; negative experiences, thoughts, feelings, and actions are rejected from consciousness, disregarded.
Is suppression conscious or subconscious?
Conscious
Is repression conscious or subconscious?
Subconscious
Define rationalization as a defense mechanism.
Acceptance, though inaccurate, reasons place real ones. Faulty logic can be used to justify behavior or temper disappointment. The grapes are probably sour anyway.
Define projection as a defense mechanism.
Shifting responsibility to others- put positive or negative traits onto others.
Define reaction formation as a defense mechanism.
Forming the opposite reaction to what you actually feel.
Acting obsessively nice rather than showing irritation.
Define displacement of emotions as a defense mechanism.
Person shifts a symbolic meaning, emotion, thought, or impulse from something or someone for which it was directed to another person or thing.
Teenager being demeaned at home kicks the dog or bullies at school- sometimes feelings are turned inward.
Define sublimation as a defense mechanism.
Redirects inappropriate thoughts, actions into acceptable ones.
Define emotional insulation as a defense mechanism.
Individual becomes a passive recipient to “whatever life has to offer” and isolates themselves from others.
Define withdrawal as a defense mechanism.
Form of isolation that occurs when individual avoids people/situations that may trigger anxiety producing effects.
Define intellectualization as a defense mechanism.
Person evades a painful or threatening situation by rationalizing the situation. Removing emotion and feeling.
Define atonement/undoing as a defense mechanism.
Used to nullify wrongdoings or inappropriate impulses, behaviors, or thoughts.
Asking forgiveness, apologizing, being punished.
Define acting out as a defense mechanism.
React w/ radical physical behavior.
Define regression as a defense mechanism.
Using a response one has already outgrown.
Define compensation as a defense mechanism.
Emphasizing one’s strengths.
Define identification as a defense mechanism.
Person identifies with an entity or individual which boosts their self-esteem.
