Q3 Defense and Illness Response Flashcards
why do people sometimes not perceive or barely perceive their anxiety
- it cannot be tolerated
what component of id/ego/superego are instincts
- id
what component of id/ego/superego is reality
- ego
what component of id/ego/superego is morality
- superego
what are the mature defenses
- sublimation
- altruism
- suppression
- humor
SASH
what is the term for expressing unacceptable feelings and thoughts through actions
- acting out
what is the term for avoiding the awareness of some painful reality
- denial
what is the term for transferring avoided ideas and feelings to a NEUTRAL personal or object
- displacement
what is the term for temporary, drastic change in personality, memory, consciousness, or motor behavior to avoid emotional stress
- dissociation
what is the term for partially remaining at a more childish level of development
- fixation
what is the term for modeling behavior after another person who is more powerful
- identification
what is the term for separating feelings from ideas and events
- isolation of affect
what is the term for expressing negativity and performing below what is expected as an indirect show of opposition
- passive aggression
what is the term for attribution an unacceptable internal impulse to an external source
- projection
what is the term for proclaiming logical reasons for actions actually performed for other reasons, usually to avoid self blame-
- rationalization
what is the term for replacing a warded-off idea or feeling by an unconsciousness derived emphasis on its opposite
doing the opposite of what you feel with gusto
- reaction formation
what is the term for turning back the maturational clock and going back to earlier mode of dealing with the world
- regression
what is the term for involuntarily withholding an idea or feeling from conscious awareness
- repression
what is the term for believing that people are either all good or all bad at different times due to intolerance of ambiguity
- splitting
what is the term for alleviating negative feelings via unsolicited generosity
- altruism
what is the term for appreciating the amusing nature of an anxiety-provoking or adverse situation
- humor
what is the term for replacing an unacceptable wish with a course of action that is similar to the wish but does not conflict with one’s value system
- sublimation
what is the term for intentionally withholding and idea or feeling from conscious awareness
- suppression
what kind of coping response refers to gathering information, making arrangements for care
- problem-focused
what kind of coping response refers to seeking emotional support, mental or behavioral disengagement
- emotion-focused
what is the term for no overt emotional reaction to illness or diagnosis
what is one reason this may occur
- pseudo-denial
- patients inadequately informed of illness
behavioral responses to illness
- epiphany
- becoming an expert
- avoidance
