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MDS Defense Mech
Defense Mechanisms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Defense Mechanisms are a set of automatic operations derived from the ____ to deal with and integrate competing memories, perceptions and external realistic needs and the anxieties that it faces. These defense mechanisms are also called ______ _______. | Ego. This set of operations, these "defense mechanisms" are also called coping skills. |
| The 3 components of Freud's structural model of the self are: | Id, superego and ego. |
| Which is unconscious: Id, Ego, Superego. | The Ego is the only one that is partly conscious and it is derived from competition from id and superego. |
| T/F: defense mechanisms are a normal part of human behavior | True. They help us adapt. |
| How does pathology of defense mechanisms arise? | Pathology arises with over-reliance on a few types of defenses or a predominance of primitive defenses. What they mean is how rich and complecated has their defense arsenal become to deal with life. |
| Primitive defenses have ____ conscious understanding with ___ conscious awareness in higher order defenses. | Primitive defenses have less conscious influence while higher order defenses are more conscious |
| Therapists have attempted to correlate defenses with ____________________ | Stages of human development. |
| ______ is the transformation of unacceptable wishes or thoughts into somatic sensations such as hysterical blindness. Also tell me the level of defense ie primitive or mid-level, etc | Conversion. Primitive |
| _____ is the breakdown in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory or perception of self and environment to avoid overwhelming feelings and thoughts. Also tell me the level of defense ie primitive or mid-level, etc. | Dissociation Primitive |
| ______ keeps memories or drives from consciousness. It requires much unconscious effort to prevent the emergency of unwelcome thoughts into awareness. This is not the same as suppression | Repression Primitive |
| _____ is the refusal to appreciate info about oneself or others | Denial Primitive |
| ______ attribution of conflicted thoughts or feelings to another group of people | Projection Primitive |
| ___ is a partial return to earlier levels of adaptation to avoid conflict | Regression Primitive |
| _____ is to experience others as all good or all bad. Devaluation and idealization. | Splitting Primitive |
| ____ is redirection of unpleasant feelings or thoughts onto another object | Displacement. Mid-level |
| _____ is excessive use of abstract thinking to control or minimize disturbing feelings | Intellectualization. Mid-level |
| _________ is using logical explanations to make unpleasant feelings more acceptable | Rationalization. Mid-level |
| ____________ is the separation of an idea from the feelings originally associated with it | Isolation of affect. Mid-level |
| _________ is the expulsion of disturbing wishes, thoughts or experiences from conscious awareness | Repression. Mid-level |
| ____ is the transformation of an unwanted thought or feeling into its opposite | Reaction formation. Mid-level. ** Common on boards. |
| __________ is the act of seeking out of the very activity or situation that is feared such as aircraft crash survivor taking sky diving lessons | Counter-phobic manuever. Mid-level. Ex is someone with a strong urge to set things on fire becomes a fireman unconsciously in a effort to channel. Pedophile been through treatment tries to write a book on how children can avoid abusive situations. |
| _____ is the channeling of potentially maladaptive feelings or impulses into socially acceptable behavior. | Sublimation. Higher order defense. Trying to find a positive outcome for negative feelings or the theme of what was generating negative feelings. |
| ______________ is the act of intentionally avoiding thinking about disturbing problems, wishes, feelings, or experiences | Suppression. Higher order defenses. The key is intentionality. |
| ___________ is patterning of oneself after another | Identification. Higher order. |
| ____________ is the channeling of unacceptable feelings into humor | Humor. Higher order |
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