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Ego Flashcards

1
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stated that unconscious factors determine the shape of symptoms, thought, feelings and behavior

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sigmund freud

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basic concept: all behavior has meaning and a discoverable cause

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deterministic

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basic concept: analyzes the flow of psychiatric energy

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dynamic

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basic concept: personality develops through a series of alterable stages

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developmental

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3 levels of awareness

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conscious
preconscious
subconsciou

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awareness referring to: current thinking processes and attention to object

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conscious

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awareness referring to: deliberately brought to the conscious and can be aware of if we attend to them

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preconscious

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awareness referring to: unaware of and cannot be aware of except on special circumstances

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subconscious

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9
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mental agency containign vall inehrtied at birth and fixed in person’s constitution

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id

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biological component of the eprsonality

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id

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known as the need for immediate gratification

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pleasure principle

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reduction of psychic energy bcoz it cannot tolerate an increase in this energy

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pleasure

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13
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2 ways to reduce energy levels

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reflex action

primary process

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14
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automatic responses to sources of irritation

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reflex action

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15
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forming an image of an object previously associated with satisfaction of a drive

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primary process

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this develops bcoz primary process cant satisfy needs i. reality

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ego

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17
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provides an interference between the id and reality

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ego

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18
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secondary processes involved with the ego

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perception
recognition
judgment
memory

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19
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this aims to supress id’s impulses and rpevents ego from attempting to satisfy the id

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superego

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counterbalances the id particularly in sex and aggression

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superego

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seeks to persuade the ego ro seek moralistic goalds and forego realistic ones

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superego

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22
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id, ego, superego: which reside totally in the unconscious

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id

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23
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id, ego, superego: which resides within preconcious and conscious

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ego

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24
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id, ego, superego: which resides partially in all levels of consciousness

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superego

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25
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this aims to reduce tensiin which produces a momentary state of bliss

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instinct

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26
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2 major instincts

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eros

thanatos

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27
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all forces serving to maintain vital life processes and assure propagation of the species

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eros

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28
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underlie all manifestations f cruelty, aggression, destructiveness, suicide and murder

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thanatos

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29
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adult personality is determined by

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notion of psychic determination
unconscious mental activity
role of childhood experience

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30
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threefold aspect of psychoanalysis

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therapeutic technique
scien and theoretical knowledge
method of investigation

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31
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beginning of psychoanalysis

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joseph breuer

bertha pappenheim

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32
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removing symptoms thru a process of recovering and undertaking suppressed feelings with which symptoms were associated

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abreaction

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33
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form of neutralized psychic energy were the person eas aware of a particular idea or feeling as a result of investing a discrete amount of psychic energy in the idea

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attention cathexis

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34
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which among the levels of awareness is the repressive barrier

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preconscious

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35
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governed by pleasure principle

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unconscious

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36
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reservoir of undorganized instinctual drives

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id

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37
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lacks the capacity to delay instinctual drives

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id

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38
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three components of personality accdg to freud

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ego
superego
ego and the id

39
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operates on the reality principles

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ego

40
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executive organ of the psyche

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ego

41
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unconcscious component of the ego

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defense mechanism

42
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conscious component of the ego

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logical and abstract thinking

43
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operates under the morality principle

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superego

44
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prescribes what the person should do

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ego ideal

45
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dictates what. person must not do

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superego ideal

46
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manners in which we are behave or think in certain ways to better protect ourselves

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defense mechanisms

47
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classifications of defense mecha

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narcissistic
immature
neurotic
mature

48
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which classification: most primitive and appear in children and persons who are psychotically disturbed

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narcissistic

49
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which classification: seen in adols and some nonpsychotic px

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immature

50
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which classification: encountered in OC and hysterical patients as well as stressed adults

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neurotic

51
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which classification: used by healthy indivs, they optimize one’s ability to have normal relationships, enjoy work and pleasure on life

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mature

52
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which def mech: avoiding awareness of some paiful aspect of reality by negating sensort date

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denial

53
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which def mech: grossly reshaping external reality to suit inner needs and using sustained feelings of delusional superiority and entitlement

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distortion

54
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which def mech: perceiving and reacting to unacceptable inner impulses and their derivatives as though they were outside the self

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projection

55
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which def mech: involves taking our own unacceptable qualities or feelings and ascribing them to other people

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projection

56
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immature defenses

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acting out
blocking
hypochondriasis
introjection
passive-aggressive
regression
schizoid fantasy
somatization
57
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which immature def mech: expressing using an unconscious wish or impulse thru action to avoid being conscious of an accompanying affect

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acting out

58
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which immature def mech: chronically giving in to impulse to avoid the tension resulting to postponement of expression

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acting out

59
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which immature def mech: temporarily or transiently inhibiting thinking

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blocking

60
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which immature def mech: resembles repression but differs in that tension arises when the impulse, affect or thought is inhibited

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blocking

61
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which immature def mech: exaggerating or overemphasizing an illness for the purpose of evasion and regression

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hypochondriasis

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which immature def mech: reproach arising from bereavement, loneliness, or unacceptable aggressive impulsesw towards others is transformed into self-reproach and complaints of pain, somatic illness and neurasthenia

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hypochondriasis

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which immature def mech: converting psychic derivatives into bodily symptoms and tending to react with somatic manifestations, rather than psychic

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somatization

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which immature def mech: internalizing the qualtiies of an object

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introjection

65
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which immature def mech: expressing aggression towards others indirectly thru passivity, masochism and turning against the self

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passive-aggressive

66
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which immature def mech: attempting to return to an earlier libidinal phase of functioning to avoid the tension and conflict evoked at the present level of devt

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regression

67
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which immature def mech: reflects the basic tendency to gain instinctual gratification at a less-developed period

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regression

68
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which immature def mech: indulging in autistic retreat to resolve conflict and to obtain gratification

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schizoid fantasy

69
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neurotic defenses

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counselling
displacement
dissociation
externalization
inhibitin
intellectulalization
isolation
rationalization
reaction formation
repression
sexualization
70
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which neurotic defense: attempting to manage or regulate events or objects in the environment to minimize anxiety and to resolve inner conflicts

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controlling

71
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which neurotic defense: shifting an emotion or drive cathexis from one idea to another that resembles the original in some aspect or quality

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displacement

72
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which neurotic defense: temporarily but drastically modifying a person’s character or one’s sense of personal identity to avoid emotional distress

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dissociation

73
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common manifestations on dissociation

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fugue states

hysterical convo rxns

74
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which neurotic defense: tending to perceive in the external world and in external objecta elements of one’s own personality, including instinctual impulses, conflicts, moods, attitudes and styles of thinking

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externalization

75
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which is more general: externalization or projection?

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externalization

76
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which neurotic defense: consciously limiting or renouncing some ego functions, alone or in combination, to evade anxiety impulses, the superego, or environmental forces or figures

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inhibition

77
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which neurotic defense: excessively using intellectual processes to avoid affective expression or experience

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intellectualization

78
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which neurotic defense: works to reduce anxiety by thinking about events in a cold, clinical way

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inttelectualization

79
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which neurotic defense: separating an idea from the affect that accompanies it but is repressed

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isolation

80
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which neurotic defense: absence of object relationships

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isolation

81
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which neurotic defense: offering explanations in an attempt to justify attitudes, beliefs or behavior that may otherwise be unacceptable

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rationalization

82
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which neurotic defense: transforming an unacceptable impulse into its opposite

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rxn formation

83
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rxn formation is characteristic of what neurpsis

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obsessional neurosis

84
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which neurotic defense: expelling from consciousness an idea or feeling

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repression

85
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which neurotic defense: refers to curbing of ideas and feelings before they have attained consciousness

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primary repression

86
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which neurotic defense: excludes from awareness what was once experiences at a conscious level

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secondary repression

87
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which neurotic defense: endowing an object with sexual significance that it did not previously have or possessed to a smaller degree to ward off anxieties associated with prohibited impulses or their derivatives

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sexualization

88
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mature defenses

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altruism
anticipation
asceticism
humor
sublimation
suppression
89
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which mature defense: using constructive and instinctually gratifying service to others to undergo vicarious experience

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altruism

90
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which mature defense: realistically planning for future inner discomfort

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anticipation

91
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which mature defense: eliminating the pleasurable effects of experience

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asceticism

92
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which mature defense: using comedhy to overtly express feelings and thought without personal discomfort or immobilization and without rpoducing an unpleasant effect on others

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humor

93
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which mature defense: achieving impulse gratification and the retention of goals but altering a socially objectionable aim or object to a socially acceptable one

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sublimation

94
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which mature defense: consciously or osemiconsciously postponing attention to a conscius impulse or conflict

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suppression

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