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Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reaction Formation | A defense against a threatening impulse involving actively expressing the opposite impulse |
| Repression | The mechanism whereby threatening or painful thoughts or feelings are pushed out of awareness |
| Projection | Attributing to others one’s own unacceptable desires and impulses |
| Displacement | Discharging impulses by shifting from a threatening object or person to a “safer target” |
| Rationalization | Explaining away failures or misdeeds with excuses |
| Sublimation | A redirection of sexual or aggressive energy into creative behaviors |
| Regression | Reverting to a form of behavior that one has outgrown, usually typical of an earlier phase of development where demands were not as great |
| Denial | An extreme distortion of reality in response to trauma or unacceptable behaviors |