Defense Mechansims Flashcards

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Rationalization

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Rationalization is a defense process by which plausible reasons justify an action or opinion. more mature.

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Repression

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Repression refuses to let into awareness unacceptable impulses but remains
unconsciously operative in behavior. more mature.

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Displacement

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Displacement is a defense mechanism in which affect is transferred from one
object to another. more mature.

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Identification

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Identification is a process by which qualities of an external object are absorbed into one’s personality

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Intellectualization

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Intellectualization is a process by which content is separated from repressed
affect. more mature.

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Asceticism

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Asceticism is characterized by rigor and self-denial.

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Reaction formation

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Reaction formation is a process by which unacceptable impulses are expressed as
their opposites. primitive.

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Introjection and internalization

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Introjection is the internalization of outside events or characteristics of other
people.

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Projection

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Projection places unacceptable feelings from the person feeling them onto another
person. primitive.

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Denial

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Denial distorts reality and does not acknowledge emotion. primitive.

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Sublimation

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A person using sublimation will displace unacceptable instincts for constructive
and socially acceptable behaviors. mature.

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Undoing

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Undoing is a process by which we avoid being punished for undesirable thoughts
or actions. more mature.

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