Misc.

Question 1

Denial

Answer 1

Unconscious failure to acknowledge an event, thought, or feeling that is too painful for conscious awareness

Question 2

Displacement

Answer 2

The transference of feelings to another person or object.

Question 3

Identification

Answer 3

Attempt to be like someone or emulate the personality, traits, or behaviors of another person

Question 4

Intellectualization

Answer 4

Using reason to avoid emotional conflicts

Question 5

Introjection

Answer 5

Incorporation of values or qualities of an admired person or group into one’s own ego structure

Question 6

Isolation

Answer 6

Separation of an unacceptable feeling, idea, or impulse from one’s thought process

Question 7

Passive-aggression

Answer 7

Indirectly expressing aggression toward others; a facae of overt compliance masks covert resentment

Question 8

Projection

Answer 8

Attributing one’s own thoughts or impulses to another person

Question 9

Rationalization

Answer 9

Offering an acceptable, logical explanation to make unacceptable feelings and behavior acceptable

Question 10

Reaction formation

Answer 10

Development of conscious attitudes and behaviors that are the opposite of what is really felt.

Question 11

Regression

Answer 11

Reverting to an earlier level if development when anxious or highly stressed

Question 12

Repression

Answer 12

The involuntary exclusion of a painful thought or memory from awareness

Question 13

Sublimation

Answer 13

Substitution of an unacceptable feeling by a socially acceptable one

Question 14

Suppression

Answer 14

The intentional exclusion of feelings and ideas

Question 15

Undoing

Answer 15

Communication or behavior done to negate a previously unacceptable act

Question 16

Milieu therapy

Answer 16

The planned use of people, resources, and activities in the environment to assist in improving interpersonal skills, social functioning, and performing ADL’s

Question 17

Behavior modification

Answer 17

This process is used to change ineffective behavior patterns; it focuses on the consequences of actions rather than on peer pressure.

Question 18

Family therapy

Answer 18

This form of group therapy identifies the entire family as the client. It is based on the family as a system of interrelated parts forming a whole. The focus is on the patterns of interactions within the family, not on any individual.

Question 19

Crisis therapy

Answer 19

This form of therapy is directed at the resolution of an immediate crisis, which the individual is unable to handle alone.

Question 20

Cognitive therapy

Answer 20

It is directed at replacing a client’s irrational beliefs and distorted thoughts. It is focused on problem solving therapy.