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| unselfishly assisting others to avoid negative personal feelings |
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| rerouting an unacceptable drive in a socially acceptable way (aggressive impulses used to succeed in business) |
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| consciously putting aside but not repressing unwanted feeling (choosing not to think about the test til the week of) |
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| immature defense mechanisms (5) |
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| projection, splitting, regression, dissociation, acting out |
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| attributing one's own personally unacceptable feelings to others |
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| people/events are all bad or all good because of one's intolerance of ambiguity (a pt says that all nurses are insensitive but the doctors are friendly) |
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| appearance of a child-like behavior during stressful situations (older children bedwetting) |
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| separation of function of mental processes --> have 2 distinct personalities |
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| avoid unacceptable feelings by behaving in an attention-getting, often socially inappropriate manner |
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| not believing personally intolerable facts about reality |
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| distressing ideas are redirected to a substitute that evokes a less emotional response (mother yells at child b/c she's angry at husband) |
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| unconsciously patterning one's behavior after someone who is more powerful (abused child becomes abuser) |
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| using mind's higher function to avoid experiencing certain emotions |
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| failing to experience feelings of stress, but logically understanding the significance (describing a murder w/o emotional response |
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| giving reasonable explanations for unacceptable feelings |
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| denying unacceptable feelings and adopting opposite attitudes |
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| converting unacceptable feeling into a physical symptom |
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| erasing unacceptable event from past by adopting acceptable behavior in present |
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| mature defense mechanisms (4) |
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altruism, humor, sublimation, suppression
*SASH* |
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