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defense mechanisms
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Question | Answer |
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involuntary or unconsciously forgetting in order to avoid unpleasant memories. | repression |
consciously, intentionally pushing of unpleasantness from one's mind. | suppression |
making excused to try to explain a situation or behavior rather than directly taking responsibilities for it. | rationalization |
1.pretending a stress or problem doesn't exist. 2.It is a failure to see reality. | denial |
wanting to cover up a weakness and/or mistake by making up them through gift giving, hard work, or other extreme efforts. | compensation |
accusing or blaming others or projecting your own feelings onto others so that you won't have to face them in yourself. | projection |
taking your feelings out on the wrong person or thing. | displacement |
fleeing or avoiding things that create stress. | avoidance |
returning to childish behavior to solve problems. | regressions |
developing attitudes opposite to our real ones. | reaction formation |
seeing no faults in someone. | idealization |
transferring stress into physical disability with no physical cause. | conversion |
daydreaming or using fantasy to get new and useful ideas to avoid reality. | fantasy |
turning unacceptable drives and behaviors into acceptable activities or occupations. | sublimation |
imitating others or copying for identity. | identification |