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overacheivement in one area to offset real or perceived deficiencies in another area   compensation  
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expression of an emotional conflict through development of physical s/s, usually sensorimotor   conversion  
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failure to acknowledge an unbearable condition; failure to admit reality of situation or how 1 enables problem to continue   denial  
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ventilation of intense feelings toward persons less threatening than the 1 who aroused those feelings   Displacement  
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Dealing w/emotional conflict by a temporary alteration in consiousness or identity   dissociation  
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immobilization of a portion of personality resulting from failure to complete tasks in a developmental stage   fixation  
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modeling actions & opinions of infuential ppl while searching for identity, or aspiring to reach a goal   identification  
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separation of the emotions of a painful event or situation from the facts involved; acknowledging the facts but not the emotions.   Intellectualization  
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accepting anothers attitude, beliefs, & values as ones own.   Introjection  
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unconcious blaming of unacceptable inclinations or thoughts on an external object   projection  
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excusing own behavior to avoid guilt, responsibility,conflict, anxiety, or loss of self-respect   rationalization  
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acting the opposite of what one thinks or feels   reaction formation  
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moving back to previous developmental stage to feel safe or have needs met.   regression  
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**excluding emotionally painful or anxiety-provoking thoughts or feelings from conscious awareness**   **Repression**  
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overt or covert antagonism toward remembering or processing anxiety-producing info   Resistance  
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substituting a socially acceptable activity in place of an impulse that is unacceptable   sublimation  
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replcing the desired gratafication with one that is more readily available   substitution  
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**CONSCIOUS exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or feelings from conscious awareness**   **Suppresion**  
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exhibiting acceptable behavior to make up for or negate unacceptable behavior   Undoing  
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EX: compensation   -napoleon complex; demunative man becoming emporer -nurse w/low esteem working x2shifts to make boss like her  
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Ex: conversion   teenager forbidden to see x-rated movie is tempted by friends & develops temporary blindness, & the teen is unconcerned abt loss of sight  
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Ex: Denial   -DM pt eating chocolate candy -spending money freely when broke -waiting 3 days to seek help for ab pain  
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Ex: displacement   -person mad at the boss yells at the spouse -kid bullied at school mistreats younger sibling  
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Ex: dissociation   -amnesia that prevents memory of yesterdays auto accident -adult remembers nothing of childhood abuse  
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Ex: fixation   -never learning to delay gratafication -lack of clear sense of identity as an adult  
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Ex: identification   nursing students becoming critical care nurse b/c her instructor was  
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ex: intellectualization   -person shows no emotion or expression when describing serious auto accident  
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ex: introjection   person who dislikes guns but becomes avid hunter just like bestie  
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ex: projection   closet gay bashing outed gays -closet racist calling others bigots  
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ex: rationalization   -student blames failure on teacher being mean -man says he beats wife b/c she wont listen  
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ex: reaction formation   -woman who never wanted kids becomes supermom -person who hates boss tells everyone how great he is  
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ex: regression   -4year old wanting bottle when infant brother is fed -man pouts like child when gf doesnt put out  
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ex: **Repression**   *woman has no memory of mugging she suffered yesterday *woman has no memory before age 7, when she was removed from abusive parents  
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ex: resistance   -nurse is too busy to counsel a dying pt -person attends court ordered AA but refuses to participate  
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ex: sublimation   -quit smoking & chew gum instead -fat kid walks instead of eating donut  
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ex: substitution   woman who wants her own kids opens a day care  
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ex: **Suppresion**   **-student decides not to think abt parents illness to study for a test -wife tells a friend she cant think abt her husbands death right now**  
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ex: undoing   -cheating spouse buys wife roses -rich mean white man donates to charity  
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