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Freud Def Mech 2019

Terms from Fall 2019 Student Projects on Freud's Defense Mechanisms.

DefinitionTerm
cause for one objective/ task to be shifted to another in substitution Displaced
the act or feeling of vulnerability and/ or being at risk to harm Threatening
The action of attempting to explain or justify behavior or an attitude with logical reasons, even if those are not appropriate Rationalization
is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that outside of our conscious awareness Unconscious Mind
A defense mechanism in which a person, faced with a painful fact, rejects the reality of that fact Denial
a type of defense mechanism that leads to the temporary or long-term reversion of the ego to an earlier stage of development rather than handling unacceptable impulses or actions in a more adaptive way Regression
Casting feelings you have onto another person and blaming them for those feelings Projection
To be aware of Conscious
the act of putting a negative reaction into a less threatening target Displacement
one being violent or hostile towards another person, object and/ or situation Aggression
An unconscious attempt to avoid addressing the underlying reasons for a behavior Defense Mechanisms
consists of everything inside of our awareness This is the aspect of our mental processing that we can think and talk about in a rational way Things that are in the unconscious are only available to theconscious mind in disguised form conscious mind
ways to which external or internal stress is managed, adapted to or acted upon Coping mechanism
Relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something Primitive
In psychoanalytic theory, the ego’s protective methods Defense mechanisms
Consciously getting rid of a thought as a defense mechanism Suppression
a psychoanalyst who followed the footsteps of her father in the studies of defense mechanisms Anna Freud
putting your feelings/ action into something Projecting
The action or practice of allowing oneself to believe that a false or invalidated feeling, idea, or situation is true Self-deception
Refers to hiding unwanted material before it ever reaches consciousness,this process occurs entirely unconsciously Primary Repression
the painful fact is denied altogether Simple denial
A habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving Mannerism
When a person does something wrong or inappropriate, then dumps the blame on someone else to avoid taking responsibility for their own behavior Blame shifting
When a suppressed thought intrusively comes back into your mind Rebound Effect
your natural way of reacting to a stimulus to protect yourself from an unwanted feeling, action, and so forth defense mechanism
getting fired, wanting to punch your ex boss, and punching a wall example of displacement
The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially related to behavioral decisions and attitude change Cognitive dissonance
Occurs when a person becomes aware of repressed material but then purposely tries to remove it from awareness Repression proper
the painful fact is admitted but its seriousness is downplayed. Minimisational denial
When you revert back to an earlier stage of life KNOWING you're doing it Cpnscious Regression
1st enlightenment thinker to employ the projection concept Ludwig Feuerbach
A thought that is unwanted and difficult to get rid of Intrusive Thought
to be trouble minded or upset/ unsettled about a problem and/ or situation agitated
getting mad that your mom didn't make your favorite dinner and going into your room and singing at the top of your lungs example of displacement
The part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but affects behavior and emotions Unconscious
Freud viewed the forces on us as a form of energy, from the senses being converted into psychic energy in the personality Energy and Cathexis
"the painful fact is admitted, the seriousness also admitted, but one's moral responsibility in the situation involving the painful fact is downplayed Transference denial
When you revert back to an earlier stage of life NOT KNOWING you're doing it For example, doing something you used to do as a child that you still do as an adult such as biting your nails, playing with your hair, biting a pencil eraser, ect
Unaware of acting a certain way or doing something Unconscious
A psychological reaction to reduce anxiety and the damage from a harmful stimuli Defense Mechanism
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