im talking about psychology like for example i know that denial is one of them
2006-08-17 07:48:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
okay, i actually got my notes from psych class out for this one (feel loved):
the ego (rational problem solving) is part of Freud's structural model of personality. it develops after the id (infant thinking...what we need) and before the superego (our conscience, what we think we should/shouldn't do)
defense mechanisms of the ego:
-denial - denying an event has occured
-repression - forgetting an event, and then forgetting you forgot...to avoid traumatic memories
-regression - retreating emotionally to earlier stage (acting like a child, basically)
-reaction formation - turn an emotion into its opposite (say, hating someone intensely, and worrying about them getting hurt and watch over them constantly)
-projection - see your impulses coming from other people (a person with homosexual tendencies thinks men are hitting on him)
-displacement - change the target of you emotion (you hate your boss so you come home and kick your cat)
-sublimation - take unacceptable impulses and turn them into acceptable things (someone with a lot of rage becoming a demolition artist)
2006-08-17 08:30:37 · answer #1 · answered by la wendada 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
denial
arguing against an anxiety provoking stimuli by stating it doesn't exist
denying that your physician's diagnosis of cancer is correct and seeking a second opinion
displacement
taking out impulses on a less threatening target
slamming a door instead of hitting as person, yelling at your spouse after an argument with your boss
intellectualization
avoiding unacceptable emotions by focusing on the intellectual aspects
focusing on the details of a funeral as opposed to the sadness and grief
projection
placing unacceptable impulses in yourself onto someone else
when losing an argument, you state "You're just Stupid;" homophobia
rationalization
supplying a logical or rational reason as opposed to the real reason
stating that you were fired because you didn't kiss up the the boss, when the real reason was your poor performance
reaction formation
taking the opposite belief because the true belief causes anxiety
having a bias against a particular race or culture and then embracing that race or culture to the extreme
regression
returning to a previous stage of development
sitting in a corner and crying after hearing bad news; throwing a temper tantrum when you don't get your way
repression
pulling into the unconscious
forgetting sexual abuse from your childhood due to the trauma and anxiety
sublimation
acting out unacceptable impulses in a socially acceptable way
sublimating your aggressive impulses toward a career as a boxer; becoming a surgeon because of your desire to cut; lifting weights to release 'pent up' energy
suppression
pushing into the unconscious
trying to forget something that causes you anxiety
2006-08-17 15:21:40 · answer #2 · answered by Solrium 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The defense mechanisms you can know, list, and talk about are those your MIND allows you to know. These are the manifested results of a non-conscious process of the D-M [Defense Mechanism] of your MIND....which is always blocked from conscious awareness.
The intent of noticeable phenomena [which those who do not know better refer to as defense mechanisms] are to misdirect ones attention from what is actually causing such phenomena. Most mental health practitioners are ignorant of the MIND realm, and are trained to focus on the behavioral manifestations as the "problem". They tend to refer to many of these as "defense mechanisms". They are not defense mechanisms, they are means by which the MIND "vents" the energies generated as a consequence of the MIND's repression of actively stimulated traumata within the MIND. The entire process of which is the Defense Mechanism.
2006-08-17 15:15:14 · answer #3 · answered by docjp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Overcompensation. Social withdrawal. Feigning ignorance. Lying.
2006-08-17 15:05:10 · answer #4 · answered by stealm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does sarcasm count? I know a lot of people who use that.
2006-08-17 14:54:25 · answer #5 · answered by EPnTX 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
denial, dissocation, suppression
2006-08-17 14:57:45 · answer #6 · answered by Justin Prime 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
denial, oppresion, repression...there are a couple more
2006-08-17 14:56:17 · answer #7 · answered by tatrave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rejection of another, or lashing out
2006-08-17 14:54:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supression is another.
2006-08-17 14:54:01 · answer #9 · answered by pentalityism 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-17 15:12:14 · answer #10 · answered by Inquirer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋