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What is the primary function of defense mechanisms?
What is the primary function of defense mechanisms?
- To increase anxiety
- To rationalize unacceptable impulses
- To reduce anxiety by distorting reality (correct)
- To repress unpleasant memories
Which defense mechanism involves replacing an unacceptable wish with its opposite?
Which defense mechanism involves replacing an unacceptable wish with its opposite?
- Rationalization
- Denial
- Reaction formation (correct)
- Projection
What is the basis for all other defense mechanisms?
What is the basis for all other defense mechanisms?
- Denial
- Displacement
- Regression
- Repression (correct)
Which defense mechanism reduces anxiety by shifting an unacceptable impulse toward a more acceptable object or person?
Which defense mechanism reduces anxiety by shifting an unacceptable impulse toward a more acceptable object or person?
What is a form of displacement in which sexual urges are channeled into non-sexual activities valued by society?
What is a form of displacement in which sexual urges are channeled into non-sexual activities valued by society?
Which defense mechanism involves unconsciously neutralizing an anxiety-causing action by doing a second action that undoes the first?
Which defense mechanism involves unconsciously neutralizing an anxiety-causing action by doing a second action that undoes the first?
Study Notes
Defense Mechanisms
- Unconscious mental processes used by the ego to reduce anxiety by distorting reality
- Employed to avoid feelings of anxiety, guilt, and other negative emotions
Types of Defense Mechanisms
- Repression: pushes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, and memories into the unconscious mind
- Denial: refusal to admit that something unpleasant is happening
- Regression: retreating to a more comfortable, infantile stage of life
- Reaction Formation: replacing an unacceptable wish with its opposite
- Projection: reducing anxiety by attributing unacceptable impulses or problems to someone else
- Rationalization: displacing real, anxiety-provoking explanations with more comforting justifications for one's actions
- Displacement: shifting an unacceptable impulse towards a more acceptable or less threatening object or person
- Sublimation: a form of displacement in which sexual urges are channeled into non-sexual activities valued by society
- Undoing: unconsciously neutralizing an anxiety-causing action by doing a second action that undoes the first
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Test your knowledge of defense mechanisms, including repression, denial, regression, and reaction formation. Learn how the ego reduces anxiety through unconscious mental processes.
