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