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DefenseMechanisms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reaction formation | Unacceptable impulse is transformed into its opposite. |
| Dissociation | Person's character or sense of identity is temporarily but drastically modified in order to avoid emotional distress. |
| Identification | Process of adopting other people's characteristics. |
| Denial | Failure to acknowledge some aspect of external reality that would be apparent to others. |
| Distortion | Grossly reshaping external reality to suit inner needs. |
| Projection | Attributing one’s own unacknowledged feelings, impulses, or thoughts to others. |
| Projective Identification | Attribution of unacceptable personality characteristics onto another, followed by identification with that other. |
| Acting-Out | Acting without reflection or apparent regard for negative consequences. |
| Passive Aggression | Indirect and unassertive expression of aggression towards others. |
| Regression | Return to earlier levels of adaptation. |
| Displacement | Redirection of thoughts or feelings about a person or situation onto another, usually less threatening, person or situation. |
| Intellectualization | Excessive abstract thinking to avoid experiencing disturbing feelings. |
| Isolation | Separation of a feeling from its unpleasant idea. |
| Rationalization | Use of reassuring or self-serving, but incorrect, explanations for one’s own or others’ behavior. |
| Reaction Formation | Substitution of behavior, thoughts, or feelings that are dramatically opposed to one’s own unacceptable ones. |
| Repression | Inability to remember to be cognitively aware of disturbing wishes, feelings, thoughts, or experiences. |
| Idealization | Attribution of exaggerated positive qualities to self or others. |
| Devaluation | Attribution of exaggerated negative qualities to self or others. |
| Splitting | Experience of others as being all good or all bad (i.e., idealization or devaluation). |
| Dissociation | A temporary alteration in the integrative functions of the consciousness of identity. |
| Altruism | Vicarious but constructive and gratifying service to others. |
| Humor | Use of comedy to overtly express thoughts or feelings without discomfort to self or others. |
| Suppression | Intent and avoidance of thoughts about disturbing problems, desires, feelings, or experiences. |
| Sublimation | Channeling of unacceptable thoughts and feelings into socially acceptable ones. |
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