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-Introjection: When one takes on the properties of a stronger individual or object in order to better cope with a difficult situation. |
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This defense mechanism can cause imature behavior that may be inapproprate.
Name and define this DF. |
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| Regression: Occurs when the ego temporarily regresses to an earlier, safer stage of development rather than handling the Id’s impulses in a more adult way. Example: a woman begans taking naps instead of dealing with stress in her adult life. |
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| Define projection and give an example. |
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Neutralizing and deflecting one's own uncomfortable or unacceptable feelings by repressing them and attributing to someone else, conveniently allowing one’s anger or hostility to rest elsewhere.
*An example of this behavior might be blaming another for one’s own failure. |
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| Define Chain Reaction and give an example. |
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| A defense mechanism. The masking of an unwanted feeling or desire by exaggerating the directly opposing tendency. The existence of a reaction-formation rather than a ‘normal’ emotion would be suspected where exaggeration, compulsiveness and inflexibility were observed. An example is a man who is obsessed with the opposition of pornography when he inwardly desires it. |
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| Define Displacement and give an example: |
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The mind redirects feelings toward an object not felt to be dangerous or unacceptable to one that is safer or more acceptable. These feelings are against one outside of oneself in contrast to Projection, in which those feelings are against oneself.
For instance, a student snaps at his roommate when angry about his grade. Or a man who is angry at his boss takes it out on his wife, who slaps the child, disguising it as punishment. |
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Define Sublimination and give examples. |
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| A type of displacement in which an unacceptable impulse is diverted to a socially acceptable or even admirable activity, such as art, or professional fighting. |
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| Define Introjection and give an example. |
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When one takes on the properties of a stronger individual or object in order to better cope with a difficult situation.
A boy who must face the antagonizing classmates imagines he is a calm, cool rock, incapable of being hurt. |
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| Name the five stages of Freud's Developmental theory in order |
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Oral (0-18 ms) - Mouth - (Dependency)
Anal (18 ms-3 yrs) - (Self-control/Obedience)
Phallic (3-6) - Penis (Morality & Sexual Identification)
Latency (6-puberty) - (Relative Calm)
Genital (Puberty to Adulthood)- (Maturity/Creation) |
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When improper gratification or a strong impression (such as trauma) occurs during one stage of development:
1) The DM is called:
2) What may happen later as a result?
3) What can result as a consequence? |
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1) Regression
2) A person remains "fixed" at the stage
3) Obsessions |
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| What is the assumption all psychodynamic techniques rely upon: |
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| All behaviors and utterances are meaningful and serve some psychological purpose. |
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| Instead of the primary influence on the personality being the unconscious, Jung emphasized: |
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| a person’s aspirations, goals, and plans (self-realization. |
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| Goal of Jungian therapy is to achieve a state of Individuation, in which various parts of personality are integrated. Best individuation is in middle age |
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| Instead of the primary influence on the personality being the uncounsious, Adler emphasized ___ ___ . He also said that people have _______________, which is the ______ ______. |
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Social Factors
Freedom of Choice,
Teleological View |
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| Adler's personality theory states that _______ ________ start during childhood as a result of perceived _____, _____, and _____ weaknesses and lack of "______ _______." |
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inferiority feelings
biological, psychological, or social
"perfect completion" |
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| Adler believed a healthy style of life is marked by a heightened _____ _____, or a willingness to _____ for the ___ ___. |
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social interest
cooperate for the common good |
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| Karen Horney emphasized: __________. |
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| Early Interpersonal Relationships |
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| Horney said that certain parental behaviors can cause: |
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| A child to experince "basic anxiety" |
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Horney said that children, to handle anxiety, may develop three ways of reacting to people:
Only _____ is healthy. |
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1. compliant (toward)
2. detached (away)
3. aggressive (against)
Only using all 3 is healthy |
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Who said: “one achieves mental health to the extent that one becomes aware of one’s interpersonal relationships”.
This person emphasized: |
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| Hary Stack Sullivan, who emphasized interpersonal relationshiops throughtout the lifetime. |
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| Sullivan's three modes that occur in the first year of life: |
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Prototaxic mode- "momentary states. A precondition for other states
Parataxic mode: Seeing causal connections between events at same time that are unrelated.
Syntaxic mode - Involves logical sequential, internally consistent thinking. |
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What is parataxic distortion as defined by Sullivan:
How coould a therapist get caught in this mindset? |
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Misperceptions which involve responding to a person as though he were a significant person from the past and occur as a result of fixation in the partaxic mode.
Example: A therapist's evaluation of a client is distorted by past experiences. |
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| This person emphasized the impact of structure and dynamics of society on personality development. |
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| Integration therapy, a person's ___ aspects of the personality are incorporated with the rest. |
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| What psychodynamic psychotherapy uses believes that each stage of human development is involved with accomplishing certain developmental tasks? |
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| Integrative. They see these changes as new opportunities for learning. |
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| What are Eric Fromm's five character orientations? |
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| productive, exploitative, receptive, marketing, and hoarding |
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