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Defense Mechanisms

Name/Definition of Defense Mechanisms

TermDefinition
Denial Blocking out painful or anxiety-inducing events or feelings
Displacement Discharging pent-up feelings on people less dangerous that those who initially aroused the emotion
Dissociation Handing emotional conflicts, or internal or external stressors, by a temporary alteration of consciousness or identify
Fantasy Symbolic satisfaction of wishes through non-rational thought
Identification Unconscious assumption of similarity between oneself and another
Intellectualization Separating an emotion from an idea or thought because the emotional reaction is too painful to be acknowledged
Introjection Acceptance of another's values and opinions as one's own
Projection Attributing one's own unacceptable feelings and thoughts to others.
Rationalization Falsification of experience through the construction of logical or socially approved explanations of behavior
Reaction formation Unacceptable feelings disguised by repression of the real feeling and by reinforcement of the opposite feeling
Regression Reverting to an earlier stage of development
Repression Unconsciously keeping unacceptable feelings out of awareness
Suppression Consciously keeping unacceptable feelings and thoughts out of awareness
Undoing Attempting to take back an unconscious thought or behavior that is unacceptable or hurtful
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