Psychoanalytic Theories Flashcards
An active attempt to push desires and thoughts out of one’s consciousness or to keep material from reaching consciousness:
Suppression
An unconscious process of pushing desires and thoughts from consciousness:
Repression
A change in the primary object of a feeling or desire to a secondary one that is less threatening:
Displacement
Here the displacement is more long-term and the object chosen is socially acceptable:
Sublimation
The truth of certain facts of experiences is denied. rather than forgotten as in repression:
Denial
A desire is changed or transformed into the opposite feeling or desire:
Reaction Formation
You have an unconscious desire or thought, but you attribute it to someone else instead of acknowledging it in yourself:
Projection
The process of finding an acceptable reason for doing something unacceptable:
Rationalisation
You forget that you owned a pet that was run over by a car when you were a child:
Suppression
You are angry at your boss but you yell at your husband or wife instead:
Displacement
You want to hit and hurt your father, but you become a professional boxer or football player:
Sublimation
Your daughter dies, but you act as if she is still alive, keeping a bed made up for her:
Denial
You are sexually attracted to children so become a moral crusader against child sex offenders:
Reaction Formation
You no longer love someone but accuse him or her of no longer loving you instead:
Projection
You punish your child harshly, but say “I’m doing this for your own good”:
Rationalisation
