Ego Defense Mechanisms

Question 0

denial

Answer 0

refusal to acknowledge existence of situation or feelings (someone with illness avoids appointments)

Question 1

compensation

Answer 1

covering up a perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait that is more desire able (unable to do one thing so you do another)

Question 2

displacement

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transferring of feelings from one target to another considered less threatening (mad at one thing, can’t express it, take it out on someone less than you)

Question 3

identification

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attempt to adopt characteristics of individual one admires (imitating someone)

Question 4

intellectualization

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attempting to avoid expressing actual emotions associated with stressful situation by using logic and reasoning (avoid serious info by analyzing less important stuff)

Question 5

introjection

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internalization of beliefs and values of another (child develops ideas based on what parents say)

Question 6

isolation

Answer 6

separation of thought or memory from feelings associated with it
(not expressing any emotion when talking about something serious)

Question 7

projection

Answer 7

attributing feelings or impulses to oneself to another (feel strong attraction but says he is flirting with her)

Question 8

rationalization

Answer 8

making excuses to justify feelings or behaviors (making an excuse to someone who doesn’t really need to hear why)

Question 9

reaction formation

Answer 9

preventing unacceptable thoughts and behaviors by exaggerating the opposite (soldier fears combat volunteers)

Question 10

regression

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retreat to earlier stage of development (toddler wants to drink from a bottle)

Question 11

repression

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involuntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences (accident victim can’t remember anything)

Question 12

sublimation

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good thing- rechanneling of drives or impulses into constrictive activities (something happens to someone so they form an awareness organization)

Question 13

suppression

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voluntarily blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences (procrastinating with thoughts)

Question 14

undoing

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canceling out an experience one finds intolerable (trying to undo something)

Question 15

panic leads to

Answer 15

psychosis

Question 16

define grief

Answer 16

subjective state of emotional physical social response to loss

Question 17

kubler Ross stages of grief

Answer 17

denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

Question 18

maladaptive grieving response

Answer 18

individual fixated in denial ringer stage, may cause emotional disorders