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12 Cards in this Set
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Dealing with anxiety by reaching out to others
Ex: A nurse who lost a family member in a fire is a volunteer firefighter. |
Altruism
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Dealing with unacceptable feelings or impulses by unconsciously substituting acceptable forms of expression
Ex: A person who has feelings of anger and hostility toward his work supervisor sublimates those feelings by working out vigorously at the gym during his lunch. |
Sublimation
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Voluntarily denying unpleasant thoughts and feelings
Ex: A person who lost his hob states he will worry about paying his bills next week. |
Suppression
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Putting unacceptable ideas, thoughts, and emotions out of conscious awareness.
Ex: A person who has a fear of the dentist will continually "forget" his dental appointments |
Repression
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Shifting feelings unrelated to an object, person, or situation to another less threatening object, person, or situation.
Ex: A person who is angry about losing his job destorys a child's favorite toy. |
Displacement
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Overcompensating or demonstrating the opposite behavior of what is felt.
Ex: A person who dislikes her sister's daughter offers to babysit so that she can go out of town. |
Reaction formation
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Performing an act to make up for prior behavior
Ex: A teen completes his chores without being prompted after having an argument with his parent. |
Undoing
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Creating reasonable and acceptable explanations for unacceptable behavior.
Ex: A young adult explains he had to drive home from a party after drinking alcohol because he had to feed his dog. |
Rationalization
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Temporarily blocking memories and perceptions from consciousness
Ex: An adolescent witnesses a shooting and is unable to recall any details of the event. |
Dissociation
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Demonstrating an inability to reconcile negative and positive attributes of self or others.
Ex: A client tells a nurse that she is the only on who care about her, yet the following day, the same client refuses to talk to the nurse. |
Splitting
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Blaming others for unacceptable thoughts and feelings.
Ex: A young adult blames his substance abuse on his parents' refusal to buy him a new car. |
Projection
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Pretending the truth is not reality to manage the anxiety of acknowledging what is real.
Ex: A parent who is informed that her son was killed in combat tells everyone that he is coming home for the holidays. |
Denial
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