Quick Study: Defense Mechanisms Flashcards
Rationalization helps the person cope with disappointments by blaming ?
external circumstances
Repression refuses to let unacceptable impulses into ?but remains ? in behavior.
awareness
unconsciously operative
Displacement is a defense mechanism in which ? is transferred from one object to another.
affect
Identification is a process by which ? of an external object are absorbed into one’s ?.
qualities
personality
Intellectualization is a process by which content is separated from ?
repressed affect.
Asceticism is characterized by ?2
rigor and self-denial
Reaction Formation is a process by which ? are expressed as ?
Reaction Formation helps release ?2 associated with the true impulse.
unacceptable impulses are expressed as their opposites.
anxiety and guilt
Introjection/internalization is the internalization of ? or ? of other people.
outside events
belief / personality
Projection places ? from the person feeling them onto another person.
unacceptable feelings
Denial distorts ? and does not acknowledge ?
reality
emotion
Denial is uncommon in very young children because they are unable to distinguish between ? and ?
reality and fantasy
Sublimation is to displace unacceptable instincts for ?? behaviors.
constructive and socially acceptable
Undoing is a process by which we avoid being ? for undesirable thoughts or actions.
punished
“I’ll be better off at a different company” (when getting a job applied)
Rationalization
A person using ? might feel sexually attracted toward members of the same sex but pushes away this intolerable thought from consciousness only to later dream about such sexual impulses.
Repression
A person is using ? when he compulsively eats lollipops after having quit smoking.
Displacement
A Bruce Lee fan is using ? when he becomes disciplined martial art champion.
Identification
A person uses ? when speaking of his traumatic childhood as if reading a scripted story.
Intellectualization
An adult uses ? when she refused to eat or sleep until a major work project is complete.
Asceticism
An angry supervisee uses ? when being overly nice to his supervisor.
Reaction Formation
A victim may use ? to identify with the aggressor’s behaviors to help protect himself.
Introjection
A highly anxious colleague is ? when complaining about another colleague’s anxieties.
Projection
A person is using ? when he continues to eat unhealthy foods despite his doctor’s orders to eat healthier.
Denial
A person with major depression may use professional dance to help with suicidal thoughts.
Sublimation
A person after thinking about being violent with someone, he is then be overly nice or accommodating to them.
Undoing
A person is using ? when, after getting turned down for a date, she says, “that person is really snobby.”
Rationalization
A person is using ? when, after years of celibacy, the person begins to eat copious amounts of food.
Repression
A person is using ? when she begins to compulsively wash her hands after being shamed for masturbating.
Displacement
A young person is using ? when deciding to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a lawyer.
Identification
A victim of sexual assault may use ? by researching factual PTSD criteria instead of addressing her emotional pain in therapy.
Intellectualization
An adolescent uses ? to cope with sexual tension and desire by refusing to engage in all pleasurable activities.
Asceticism
A parent with an unwanted child may demonstrate ? by being very overprotective.
Reaction Formation
A person uses ? when putting on her seat belt before driving away in her car.
Introjection
A person is using ? when he complains that no one likes him but in reality he does not like himself or others.
Projection
An alcoholic is in ? when she attends a recovery program but continues to drink alcohol.
Denial
A person with aggressive impulses may use ? by becoming a kickboxing instructor.
Sublimation
A spouse unconsciously ? his many adulterous acts by buying his partner lavish gifts
undoes
An abused spouse may use ? by hitting her children as “punishment” after being hit by her spouse.
Rationalization
A young boy exhibits ? when he has a phobia of dogs but cannot remember the first time he was afraid of them.
Repression
A man is using ? when he yells at his spouse because he is unable to express anger toward his boss.
Displacement
A man who is gay uses ? when he openly dates women and criticizes gay men.
Reaction Formation
Dad telling his son “boys don’t cry”- this is an idea that a person might take in from their environment and internalize into their way of thinking.
Introjection
The redirection of an impulse (usually aggression) onto a powerless substitute target.
Displacement
