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Defensive Mechanisms
Shawnee ADNR252 Ego Defensive Mechanisms
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| Compensation | Covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait that one considers more desirable |
| Denial | Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings associated with it |
| Displacement | The transfer of feelings from one target to another that is considered less threatening |
| Identification | An attempt to increase self worth by acquiring certain attributes and characteristics of an individual one admires |
| Intellectualization | An attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated with a stressful situation by using the intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis |
| Introjection | Integrating the beliefs and values of another individual into one’s own ego structure |
| Isolation | Separating a thought or memory from the feeling tone or emotion associated with it. |
| Projection | Attributing feelings or impulses unacceptable to one’s self to another person. |
| Rationalization | Attempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasons to justify unacceptable feelings or behaviors |
| Reaction Formation | Preventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts or behaviors from being expressed by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behavior. |
| Regression | Responding to stress by retreating to an earlier level of development and the comfort measures associated with that level of functioning. |
| Repression | Involuntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences from one’s awareness. |
| Sublimation | Rechanneling of drives or impulses that are personally or socially unacceptable into activities that are constructive |
| Suppression | The voluntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one’s awareness |
| Undoing | Symbolically negating or canceling out an experience that one finds intolerable. |