Psych Disorders

Question 1

Acting Out

Answer 1

Avoiding Unacceptable Feelings by behaving badly

Question 2

Denial

Answer 2

Behaving as if an aspect of realtity does not exist

Question 3

Displacement

Answer 3

Transferring feelings to a more acceptable object

Question 4

Dissocitation

Answer 4

Disrupting memory, identity and consciouness to cope with an event

Question 5

Distortion

Answer 5

Altering perception of upsetting reality to be more acceptbale

Question 6

Fantasy

Answer 6

Substituting imaginary scernarios

Question 7

Intellecualization

Answer 7

Using intellect to avoid uncomfortable feelings

Question 8

Isolation of affect

Answer 8

Separating a thought form its emotional component

Question 9

Projection

Answer 9

Attributing one’s own feelings to others

Question 10

Rationalization

Answer 10

Justifying behavior to avoid difficult truths

Question 11

Reaction formation

Answer 11

Responding in a manner opposite to one’s acual feelings

Question 12

Regression

Answer 12

Reverting to an earlier developmental stage

Question 13

Repression

Answer 13

Blocking upsetting feeling sfrom entering consciouness

Question 14

Somatization

Answer 14

Transorming emotional conflicts into phsycial symptoms

Question 15

Splitting

Answer 15

Seeing others as all bad or good

Question 16

Altruism

Answer 16

Mature: Avoiding negative feeling by helping others

Question 17

Humor

Answer 17

Mature: using humor to avoid uncomfortable feelings

Question 18

Sublimation

Answer 18

Mature: Channeling impulses into soccialy accetable behaviors (mature version of displacement)

Question 19

Suppression

Answer 19

Putting unwanted feelings aside to cope with reality