Chapter 15 Defense mechanisms

3. Unconscious transformation of anxiety into a physical symptom with no organic cause
4. Unconscious rejection of emotionally unacceptable features and attributing them to others
6. Unconscious process of subsisting mature and socially acceptable activity for immature and unacceptable impulses This is considered constructive use of a defense mechanism.
7. Consists of justifying illogical ideas, actions, or feelings by developing acceptable explanations satisfying the teller and listener
8. The conscious denial of a disturbing situation or feeling
11. Events analyzed based on remote, cold facts and without passion, rather than incorporating feelings and emotion into the processing
13. An unconscious exclusion of unpleasant or unwanted experiences, emotions, or ideas from conscious awareness

1. Involves escaping unpleasant, anxiety-causing thoughts, feelings, wishes, or needs by ignoring their existence
2. Inability to integrate positive and negative qualities of oneself or others into a cohesive image
3. Used to counterbalance perceived deficiencies by emphasizing strengths
5. Attributing to oneself the characteristics of another person or group. This may be done consciously or unconsciously.
7. Unacceptable feelings or behaviors controlled and kept out of awareness by developing the opposite behavior or emotion
9. Transference of emotions associated with a particular person, object, or situation to another nonthreatening person, object, or situation
10. A disruption in consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment that results in compartmentalizing uncomfortable or unpleasant aspects of oneself.
12. Most commonly seen in children. It is when a person makes up for an act or communication.
14. Reverting back to an earlier, more primitive and childlike pattern of behavior that may or may not have been previously exhibited