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Defense Mechanisms
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Pre-School
10/02/2009

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altruism
Definition
unselfishly assisting others to avoid negative personal feelings
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sublimation
Definition
rerouting an unacceptable drive in a socially acceptable way (aggressive impulses used to succeed in business)
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suppression
Definition
consciously putting aside but not repressing unwanted feeling (choosing not to think about the test til the week of)
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immature defense mechanisms (5)
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projection, splitting, regression, dissociation, acting out
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projection
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attributing one's own personally unacceptable feelings to others
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splitting
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people/events are all bad or all good because of one's intolerance of ambiguity (a pt says that all nurses are insensitive but the doctors are friendly)
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regression
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appearance of a child-like behavior during stressful situations (older children bedwetting)
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dissociation
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separation of function of mental processes --> have 2 distinct personalities
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acting out
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avoid unacceptable feelings by behaving in an attention-getting, often socially inappropriate manner
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denial
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not believing personally intolerable facts about reality
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displacement
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distressing ideas are redirected to a substitute that evokes a less emotional response (mother yells at child b/c she's angry at husband)
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identification
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unconsciously patterning one's behavior after someone who is more powerful (abused child becomes abuser)
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intellectualization
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using mind's higher function to avoid experiencing certain emotions
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isolation of affect
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failing to experience feelings of stress, but logically understanding the significance (describing a murder w/o emotional response
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rationalization
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giving reasonable explanations for unacceptable feelings
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reaction formation
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denying unacceptable feelings and adopting opposite attitudes
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somatization
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converting unacceptable feeling into a physical symptom
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undoing
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erasing unacceptable event from past by adopting acceptable behavior in present
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mature defense mechanisms (4)
Definition
altruism, humor, sublimation, suppression

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