Defense Mechanisms - Psychology of Personality
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Repression
Ego tries to push material out of consciousness
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Sublimation
Ego channels threatening impuleses into socially accepting ones
(ex: agression to sports)
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Displacement
Channeling impulses to non-threatening objects
(ex: abused woman starts to abuse her children)
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Denial
refusal to accept certain facts exist
(ex: widower still sets the table for 2)
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Reaction formation
hiding threatening urges by acting in a manner opposite of our unconscious desires
(ex: antiporn crusade leader watches it himself)
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Projection
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