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What is the term for the process of rejecting unwanted characteristics of oneself and assigning them to others?
What is the term for the process of rejecting unwanted characteristics of oneself and assigning them to others?
Which defense mechanism involves the negation of previously consciously intolerable actions or experiences to alleviate feelings of guilt?
Which defense mechanism involves the negation of previously consciously intolerable actions or experiences to alleviate feelings of guilt?
What is the term for the process of retreating to past levels of behavior that reduce anxiety and permit dependency?
What is the term for the process of retreating to past levels of behavior that reduce anxiety and permit dependency?
Which defense mechanism involves external objects becoming outward representations of internal ideas, attitudes, or feelings?
Which defense mechanism involves external objects becoming outward representations of internal ideas, attitudes, or feelings?
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What is the term for the process of redirecting feelings or impulses from their original source to a substitute target that is less threatening?
What is the term for the process of redirecting feelings or impulses from their original source to a substitute target that is less threatening?
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Which defense mechanism involves the use of external objects to displace or redirect feelings or impulses that are unacceptable or anxiety-provoking?
Which defense mechanism involves the use of external objects to displace or redirect feelings or impulses that are unacceptable or anxiety-provoking?
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Which defense mechanism represents the unconscious blocking out of painful or unacceptable thoughts and feelings?
Which defense mechanism represents the unconscious blocking out of painful or unacceptable thoughts and feelings?
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What defense mechanism involves attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or impulses onto another person?
What defense mechanism involves attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or impulses onto another person?
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Which defense mechanism involves substituting a symbol for a repressed or unacceptable thought, feeling, or impulse?
Which defense mechanism involves substituting a symbol for a repressed or unacceptable thought, feeling, or impulse?
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What defense mechanism involves shifting one's feelings, thoughts, or impulses onto a different target to avoid facing the original source of the emotion or impulse?
What defense mechanism involves shifting one's feelings, thoughts, or impulses onto a different target to avoid facing the original source of the emotion or impulse?
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Which defense mechanism involves attempting to make amends for past actions or mistakes by performing good deeds or acts of kindness?
Which defense mechanism involves attempting to make amends for past actions or mistakes by performing good deeds or acts of kindness?
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What defense mechanism involves justifying one's ideas, actions, or feelings with reasonable explanations to avoid facing the underlying truth or emotion?
What defense mechanism involves justifying one's ideas, actions, or feelings with reasonable explanations to avoid facing the underlying truth or emotion?
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What defense mechanism is represented by the preschool child who begins wetting his bed after his baby brother is born?
What defense mechanism is represented by the preschool child who begins wetting his bed after his baby brother is born?
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Which defense mechanism is characterized by attributing the good qualities of another to oneself?
Which defense mechanism is characterized by attributing the good qualities of another to oneself?
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Which defense mechanism involves transferring mental conflict into a physical symptom to release tension or anxiety?
Which defense mechanism involves transferring mental conflict into a physical symptom to release tension or anxiety?
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What defense mechanism is characterized by attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or impulses to someone else?
What defense mechanism is characterized by attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or impulses to someone else?
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Which defense mechanism involves the use of symbols to represent unconscious conflicts or desires?
Which defense mechanism involves the use of symbols to represent unconscious conflicts or desires?
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What defense mechanism is characterized by the attempt to undo or make amends for a perceived wrongdoing?
What defense mechanism is characterized by the attempt to undo or make amends for a perceived wrongdoing?
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Study Notes
Defense Mechanisms
- The purpose of defense mechanisms is to resolve mental conflicts, reduce anxiety or fear, protect one's self-esteem, and protect one's sense of security.
Types of Defense Mechanisms
- Substitution: replacing threatening thoughts or feelings with less threatening ones to release emotional reactions.
- Restitution or Undoing: making up for wrongdoings to reduce guilt.
Projection
- Rejecting unwanted characteristics of self and assigning them to others.
- Blaming others for faults, feelings, or shortcomings that are unacceptable to self.
Symbolization
- An object, idea, or act represents another through some common aspect and carries the emotional feeling associated with the other.
Regression
- Retreating to past levels of behavior that reduce anxiety and permit dependency.
- Returning to an earlier level of psychosocial development under stress.
Other Defense Mechanisms
- Suppression: willfully putting unacceptable thoughts or feelings out of one's mind with the ability to recall them at will.
- Repression: unconsciously blocking out painful or unacceptable thoughts and feelings, leaving them to operate in the subconscious.
- Compensation: making up for a real or imagined inability or deficiency to maintain self-respect or self-esteem.
- Rationalization: justifying ideas, actions, or feelings with good, acceptable reasons or explanations.
- Sublimation: rechanneling consciously intolerable or socially unacceptable impulses into activities that are personally or socially acceptable.
- Denial: unconscious refusal to face intolerable thoughts, feelings, wishes, needs, or reality factors.
- Introjection: attributing to oneself the good qualities of another.
- Conversion: transferring mental conflict into a physical symptom to release tension or anxiety.
- Fantasy: imagining events or mental images to express unconscious conflicts, gratify unconscious wishes, or prepare for anticipated future events.
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Test your knowledge of defense mechanisms in psychology with this quiz. Identify different defense mechanisms such as restitution, undoing, and making up for wrongdoings. Understand how these mechanisms work to protect individuals from anxiety or guilt.
