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Coping Mechanisms
Terms from Ch 5 on Homeostatsis, Adaptation, and Stress
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Repression | Forgetting about the stressor |
| Suppression | Purposely avoiding thinking about a stressor |
| Denial | Rejecting information |
| Rationalization | Relieving oneself of personal accountability by attributing responsibility to someone or something else. |
| Displacement | Taking anger out on something or someone else who is less likely to retaliate |
| Regression | Behaving in a manner that is characteristic of a much younger age |
| Projection | Attributing that which is unacceptable in oneself onto another |
| Somatization | Manifesting emotional stress through a physical disorder |
| Compensation | Excelling at something to make up for a weakness of another kind. |
| Sublimation | Channeling one's energies into acceptable alternative |
| Reaction formation | Acting just the opposite of one's feelings |
| Identification | Taking on the characteristics of another |