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Mental Health

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2 common features of defense mechanisms   They all (except suppression) operate on unconscious level. They deny, falsify, or distort reality to make it less threatening.  
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Difference between coping skills and defense mechanisms   Coping- decrease stress, decrease anxiety, conscious. Defense mech- subconscious.  
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Repression   Temporary or long term exclusion of unwanted experiences from conscious awareness. -Not remembered, pushed into conscious part of mind.  
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Denial   Escaping unpleasant realities by ignoring their existence.  
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Projection   Unconsciously rejecting emotionally unacceptable personal features & attributing them to other ppl, objects, or situations. -Frequently the element of blame.  
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Reaction Formation   AKA overcompensation. Acting the opposite of what you feel unconsciously.  
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2 common features of defense mechanisms   They all (except suppression) operate on unconscious level. They deny, falsify, or distort reality to make it less threatening.  
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Rationalization   Most overused defense mech. Justifying illogical or unreasonable ideas, actions, or feelings by developing acceptable explanations that satisfy teller as well as the listener.  
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Identification   Modeling after someone.  
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Introjection   Form of identification. Taking on or absorbing the values of someone.  
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Difference between coping skills and defense mechanisms   Coping- decrease stress, decrease anxiety, conscious. Defense mech- subconscious.  
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Repression   Temporary or long term exclusion of unwanted experiences from conscious awareness. -Not remembered, pushed into conscious part of mind.  
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Denial   Escaping unpleasant realities by ignoring their existence.  
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Projection   Unconsciously rejecting emotionally unacceptable personal features & attributing them to other ppl, objects, or situations. -Frequently the element of blame.  
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Reaction Formation   AKA overcompensation. Acting the opposite of what you feel unconsciously.  
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Sublimation   Only defense mech. that is positive. Unconscious process of substituting constructive & socially acceptable activity for strong impulses that are not acceptable in original form.  
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Intellectualization   Using logic to avoid feelings. Focused of facts and data, not personal feelings.  
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Regression   Regressing back into former habits.  
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Suppression   Conscious denial of disturbing situation or feeling.  
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Woman whose husband died 3 years ago still keeps his clothes in the closet and talks about him in present tense:   Denial  
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Rationalization   Most overused defense mech. Justifying illogical or unreasonable ideas, actions, or feelings by developing acceptable explanations that satisfy teller as well as the listener.  
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Identification   Modeling after someone.  
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Introjection   Form of identification. Taking on or absorbing the values of someone.  
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Displacement   "Kicking the cat". Fueled by anxiety and stress. Transfer of emotions associated w/ a particular person, object, or situation onto another person, object, or situation that is nonthreatening.  
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Undoing   Makes up for an act or communication.  
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Sublimation   Only defense mech. that is positive. Unconscious process of substituting constructive & socially acceptable activity for strong impulses that are not acceptable in original form.  
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Intellectualization   Using logic to avoid feelings. Focused of facts and data, not personal feelings.  
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Compensation   Making up for a personal deficiency.  
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4 y/o boy w/ new baby brother starts sucking his thumb again:   Regression  
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Suppression   Conscious denial of disturbing situation or feeling.  
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Young adult explains he had to drive home from a party after drinking alcohol because he had to feed his dog:   Rationalization  
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Woman whose husband died 3 years ago still keeps his clothes in the closet and talks about him in present tense:   Denial  
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5 y/o girl dresses in mother's shoes and dress and meets her father at the door:   Identification  
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After his wife's death, husband has transient c/o chest pains and difficulty breathing    
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Man who is unconsciously attracted to other women teases his wife about flirting:   Projection  
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Mother who has unconscious hostility toward her daughter is overprotective and hovers over her to protect her from harm, interfering w/ her normal G&D:   Reaction Formation  
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4 y/o boy w/ new baby brother starts sucking his thumb again:   Regression  
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Young adult explains he had to drive home from a party after drinking alcohol because he had to feed his dog:   Rationalization  
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5 y/o girl dresses in mother's shoes and dress and meets her father at the door:   Identification  
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After his wife's death, husband has transient c/o chest pains and difficulty breathing- the symptoms his wife had before she died:   Introjection  
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Child who is unable to acknowledge fear of his father becomes fearful of animals:   Displacement  
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After flirting w/ her male secretary, a woman brings her husband home tickets to a show:   Undoing  
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Woman who is angry w/ her boss writes a story about a heroic woman:   Sublimation  
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Nurse collecting grandmother's lab reports instead of staying w/ emotional family:   Intellectualization  
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Individual drinks alcohol when self-esteem is low to diffuse discomfort temporarily:   Compensation  
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Woman who feels lump in breast shortly before leaving for a 3-wk vacation puts the info in the back of her mind until after returning home:   Suppression  
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