Defense Mechanisms

2. emotional conflicts or stressors are handled by attributing negative qualities to self or others
5. emotional conflicts or stressors are addressed by attributing exaggerated positive qualities to others
8. the conscious denial of a disturbing situation or feeling
10. formation unacceptable feelings or behaviors are kept out of awareness by developing the opposite behavior or emotion
12. escaping unpleasant realities by ignoring their existence
13. unconsciously rejects emotionally unacceptable personal features in one's self and attributes those unacceptable traits to other people, objects or situations
14. disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment

1. justifying illogical or unreasonable ideas, actions, or feelings by developing acceptable explanations for the behavior
3. performing an action to make up for a previous behavior
4. inability to integrate the positive and negative qualities of oneself or others into a cohesive image
6. the exclusion of unpleasant or unwanted experiences, emotions, or ideas from conscious awareness
7. transfer of emotions associated with a specific person, object, or situation to another person
8. occurs when repressed anxiety is demonstrated in the form of physical symptoms that have no organic cause
9. unconscious process of substituting constructive and socially acceptable activity for strong impulses that are not usually considered acceptable
11. emotional conflicts and stressors are addressed by meeting the needs of others