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UTSW 2011 HB Def Mec

UT Southwestern - Human Behavior - Defense Mechanisms

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What are 5 applications of the concept of adaptive mechanisms? 1) Normal behavior 2) Used to deal with a harsh reality 3) Development 4) Illness behavior 5) Clarify psychiatric disorders
Relate the concept of adaptive mechanisms to the calamities of childhood When something happens now, it is a facsimile of calamities of childhood
What are adaptive mechanisms? 1) Unconscious mental processes 2) Protective in nature 3) Used to relieve anxiety and guilt 4) Arise from the individual's inner thoughts, feelings, wishes, and fears
What makes a defense mechanism maladaptive? 1) inflexible, 2) motivated by past needs, 3) distorted reality too much, 4) ends gratification & blocks emotion
What are George Vaillant's Heirarchy of maladaptive defenses? 1) Narcissistic <5yo, 2) Immature 3-16yo, 3) Neurotic 3-90yo, 4) Mature 12-90yo
What are Narcissistic maladaptations? <5yo normal. 1) Denial (i.e. deny disease), 2) Delusional Projection (i.e. interpret "signs" from environment saying everything okay).
What are Immature Defenses? 3-16yo normal. 1) Projection (i.e. blame others for failure), 2) Schizoid Fantasy (i.e. will win lottery), 3) Somatization (i.e. numbness), 4) Passive Aggressive (i.e. procrastination, obstinacy, inefficiency, sullennness)
What are Neurotic Defenses? 3-90 yo. 1 Intellectualization (logic not feeling). 2 Repression (forget dentist appt). 3 Displacement (kick dog not boss). 4 Reaction Formation (think mean then act overly nice). 5 Undoing (be mean then overly nice). 6 Dissociation (emotional detachment)
What are Mature Defenses? 12-90 yo. 1 Altruism: volunteer w/charity. 2 Humor. 3 Suppression: CONSCIOUS mechanism, deal later. 4 Anticipation: mentally rehearse situation, 5: Sublimation: creative way to deal i.e. thumb-wrestling to deal w/conflict
When a diabetic girl dilutes her urine with water, what defense mechanism is that? Denial (Narcissistic)
When a diabetic woman volunteers to speak with medical students, what defense mechanism is that? Altruism
Which psychiatric disorders are extreme cases of maladaptive defenses? 1) Personality Disorders (i.e. girl subjugated to father acts like "wounded bird" in adult relationships), 2) Anxiety Disorder, 3) OCD, 4) Mask organic brain syndrome w/delusional projection, 5) Schizophrenia
What were the results of Vaillant's research on hierarchy? Men with immature defenses became ill and died, while men with mature defenses stayed healthy
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