Psychodynamic Theory Flashcards
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Repression
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Banishes anxiety thoughts and feelings from concious mind
2
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Regression
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Retreating to earlier stage of development
3
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Reaction formation
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Ego unconciously makes unacceptable impulses look like their opposites
4
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Projection
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Attributing one’s own unacceptable behaviours on others
5
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Rationalization
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Self justifying
6
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Displacement
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Shifts impulses towards more acceptable person (redirecting anger to safer outlet)
7
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Denial
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Arguing
8
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Sublimation
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Acting out unacceptable impulses in a socially acceptable way
9
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Intellectualization
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Avoiding unacceptable emotions by focusing on intellectual objects
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