Name the Ego Defense Mechanisms
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| Covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait one considers more desirable is? | Compensation
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| Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings associated with it is? | Denial
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| The transfer of feelings from one target to another that is considered less threatening or that is neutral is? | Displacement
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| An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes and characteristics of an individual one admires is? | Identification
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| An attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated with a stressful situation by using intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis is? | Intellectualization
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| Integrating the beliefs and values of another individual into one’s own ego structure is? | Introjection
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| Separating a thought or memory from the feeling tone or emotion associated with it is? | Isolation
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| Attributing feelings or impulses unacceptable to one’s self to another person is? | Projection
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| Attempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasons to justify unacceptable feelings or behaviors is? | Rationalization
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| Preventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts or behaviors from being expressed by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors is? | Reaction formation
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| Responding to stress by retreating to an earlier level of development and the comfort measures associated with that level of functioning is? | Regression
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| Involuntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences from one’s awareness is? | Repression
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| Rechanneling of drives or impulses that are personally or socically unacceptable into activities that are constructive is? | Sublimation
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| The voluntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one’s awareness is? | Suppression
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| Symbolically negating or canceling out an experience that one finds intolerable is? | Undoing
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| A physically handicapped boy becomes a great scholar. This is an example of ______________? | Compensation
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| A woman cannot stop taking cocaine every day and she fails to acknowledge she has a problem. This is an example of ______________? | Denial
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| A client is angry with the doctor but does not tell him but becomes verbally abusive with the nurse. This is an example of ______________? | Displacement
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| A young boy needing extensive rehabilitation becomes a physical therapist. This is an example of ______________? | Identification
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| Susan’s husband is being transferred with his job to another city. She hides her anxiety by explaining to her parents the advantages of the move. This is an example of ______________? | Intellectualization
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| A child says to a friend, “Don’t cheat. It’s wrong.” This is an example of __________? | Introjection
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| A young woman describes being attacked and raped without showing any emotion This is an example of ______________? | Isolation
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| Sue feels a strong sexual attraction to her track coach and tells her friend, “He’s coming on to me!” This is an example of _________? | Projection
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| John tells the rehab nurse, “I drink because it’s the only way I can deal with my bad marriage and my worse job.” This is an example of ______________? | Rationalization
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| Joe hates nursing. He attended nursing school to please his parents. He speaks to prospective students about the excellence of nursing as a career. This is an example of _________ ________? | Reaction formation
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| When 2-yr-old Julie is hospitalized she will only drink from a bottle, although her mother states she has been drinking from a cup for 6 months This is an example of ______________? | Regression
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| An accident victim can remember nothing about the accident. This is an example of ______________? | Repression
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| A mother whose son was killed by a drunk driver channels her anger and energy into being the president of the local chapter of M.A.D.D. This is an example of ______________? | Sublimation
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| Scarlett O’Hara says, “I don’t want to think about that now. I’ll think about that tomorrow.” This is an example of ______________? | Suppression
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| Joe is anxious about work and yells at his wife. On the way home, he buys her chocolates. This is an example of ______________? | Undoing
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