Defense Mechanisms and Conflict Resolution

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In the context of neurotic defense mechanisms, what is achieved through undoing in OCD?

Magical thinking and rituals (correct)

Reduction of anxiety

Elimination of aggressive thoughts

Increased self-awareness

What is the result of identification with the aggressor as a defense mechanism?

Decreased anxiety

Increased aggression

Avoidance of conflict

Perpetration of violent acts (correct)

How does projection function as a defense mechanism according to the text?

Negating impulses symbolically

Internalizing unacceptable impulses

Accepting threatening realities

Attributing one's own feelings to others (correct)

Which of the following is NOT a narcissistic defense mechanism mentioned in the text?

Undoing Signup and view all the answers

What results from denial as a defense mechanism according to the text?

Explicit refusal to acknowledge reality Signup and view all the answers

Which defense mechanism involves perceiving inner impulses as originating outside the self?

Projection Signup and view all the answers

What is the main process associated with identification with the aggressor as a defense mechanism?

Reducing direct resistance Signup and view all the answers

What is the conflict associated with narcissistic defense mechanisms?

'Hostility' or unacceptable wishes Signup and view all the answers

'Ideas of reference, prejudice, suspiciousness, injustice' are linked to which defense mechanism?

'Projection' Signup and view all the answers

What defense mechanism is characterized by an individual projecting an aspect of self onto someone else, leading the recipient to identify with it?

Projective identification Signup and view all the answers

Which defense mechanism involves an individual splitting qualities of an object or person into black and white, with no grey area in between?

Splitting Signup and view all the answers

In which defense mechanism does an individual alternate between idealizing and devaluing others, often accompanied by splitting?

Idealization and denigration Signup and view all the answers

What defense mechanism involves internalizing the qualities of an external 'object' like a mother or friend?

Introjection Signup and view all the answers

Which defense mechanism is associated with the belief that thoughts can influence the external world, often seen in OCD?

Omnipotence Signup and view all the answers

In which defense mechanism does an individual convert inferiority feelings into feelings of superiority?

Grandiosity Signup and view all the answers

What is the defense mechanism that involves expressing aggression towards authorities indirectly through passive obstructive activities?

Passive aggression Signup and view all the answers

'Stripping off either all positive or all negative qualities of others' best describes which defense mechanism?

Idealization and denigration Signup and view all the answers

In which defense mechanism does an individual attach great value to thoughts and believe they have the power to influence external objects?

Omnipotence Signup and view all the answers

What defense mechanism involves living out unconscious fantasies impulsively to gratify impulses through action?

Acting out Signup and view all the answers

Which defense mechanism involves moving back into a childish or earlier developmental phase to avoid confronting a conflict?

Regression Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the tendency to experience bodily sensations as unusually intense or distressing?

Somatosensory Amplification Signup and view all the answers

In Freud's topographical theory of the mind, which region processes information from the outside world?

Conscious system Signup and view all the answers

Which psychoanalytical theory is characterized by primary-process thinking and governed by the pleasure principle?

Id Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of the preconscious system in Freud's topographical theory of the mind?

Ensuring unconscious desires become conscious Signup and view all the answers

Which defense mechanism involves attributing one's own unacceptable feelings or thoughts onto others?

Projection Signup and view all the answers

'Repressing unacceptable desires' is a significant function associated with which part of Freud's structural theory of the mind?

Ego Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes the conscious system from the preconscious system in Freud's topographical theory of the mind?

It communicates via speech and behavior Signup and view all the answers

In Freud's structural theory of the mind, which component operates primarily based on instinctive drives and is not influenced by external reality?

Id Signup and view all the answers

What type of thinking characterizes the unconscious system in Freud's psychoanalytical theories?

Primary-process thinking Signup and view all the answers

What is the age range for the anal psychosexual stage according to Freud?

1 ½ to 3 years Signup and view all the answers

Which component of Freud's structural theory of the mind is primarily responsible for maintaining a sense of reality about the body and the external world?

Ego Signup and view all the answers

Which anxiety is considered the most mature form of anxiety according to Freud?

Superego anxiety Signup and view all the answers

What is the main aim of aggression as per dual instinct theory?

Destruction Signup and view all the answers

Which stage of development is characterized by oral erotism and later oral sadism?

Oral stage Signup and view all the answers

'Libido' represents the force by which instinct?

Eros Signup and view all the answers

'Stranger anxiety' typically occurs at what age range?

7-9 months Signup and view all the answers

'Disintegration/annihilation anxiety' is primarily related to concerns about what?

Fusion with an external object Signup and view all the answers