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Description
Flashcards by Robin Decker, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Robin Decker
almost 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Conversion | The unconscious transformation of mental conflict into physical symptoms w/ no organic cause. |
| Denial | Escaping unpleasant thoughts, events, facts, feelings, wishes, or needs by simply ignoring their existence. |
| Displacement | The transference of emotions associated w/ a particular person, object, or situation to a less threatening person, object, or situation. |
| Identification | Consciously or unconsciously attributing to oneself the characteristics of another person or group who is admired. |
| Intellectualization | The process in which events are analyzed based on remote, cold facts, and without emotion, rather than incorporating feelings into the processing. |
| Projection | The unconscious rejection of emotionally unacceptable or unwanted thoughts, behaviors, and feelings by projecting or attributing them to someone else. |
| Rationalization | Subconscious justifications or excuses given to make unreasonable or illogical ideas, behaviors, or feelings seem logical and acceptable. |
| Reaction Formation | Unconsciously dealing with unacceptable feelings and behaviors by developing and demonstrating the opposite behavior or emotion. |
| Regression | Reverting to an earlier, more primitive, and childlike pattern of behavior that may or may not have been previously exhibited. |
| Undoing | A person tries to undo an unhealthy, destructive or otherwise threatening thought or action by engaging in contrary behavior. |
| Repression | Painful, frightening, or threatening emotions, memories, impulses, or drives are subconsciously pushed or "stuffed" into the unconscious. |
| Sublimation | UNCONSCIOUS redirection of undesirable, immature, destructive impulses into socially acceptable activities. Ex: angry, play football |
| Suppression | CONSCIOUS denial of painful, frightening, or threatening emotions, memories, impulses, or drives. |
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