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Defense Mechanisms
for Psych Mental Health Exam 1, Module 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Altruism | largely unconscious motivation to feel caring and concern for others and act for the well-being of others |
| Compensation | used to counterbalance perceived deficiencies by emphasizing strengths |
| Conversion | unconscious transformation of anxiety into a physical symptom with no organic cause (always pathological defense) |
| Denial | escaping unpleasant, anxiety-causing thoughts, feelings, wishes, or needs by ignoring their existence |
| Displacement | transference of emotions associated with a particular person, object, or situation to another nonthreatening person, object, or situation |
| Identification | attributing to oneself the characteristics of another person or group. this may be done consciously or unconsciously |
| Intellectulization | process in which events are analyzed based on remote, cold facts and without passion, rather than incorporating feeling and emotion into the processing |
| Projection | unconscious rejection of emotionally unacceptable features and attributing them to others (considered an immature defense mechanism) |
| Rationalization | justifying illogical or unreasonable ideas, actions, or feelings by developing acceptable explanations that satisfy the teller and the listener |
| Reaction Formation | when unacceptable feelings or behaviors are controlled and kept out of awareness by developing the opposite emotion or behavior |
| Regression | reverting to an earlier, more primitive and childlike pattern of behavior that may or may not have been exhibited previously |
| Repression | unconscious exclusion of unpleasant or unwanted experiences, emotions, or ideas from conscious awareness |
| Splitting | inability to integrate the positive and negative qualities of oneself or others into a cohesive image (always a pathological defense) |
| Sublimation | unconscious process of transforming negative impulses into less damaging and even productive impulses (always constructive) |
| Suppression | conscious decision to delay addressing a disturbing situation or feeling (putting it off until later) |
| Undoing | when a person makes up for a regrettable act or communication |
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