PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Rorschach Test, Thematic Apperception Test, Penis Envy
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Defense mechanisms: repression, reaction formation, displacement, xation, regression, projection, introjection, sublimation. Defense mechanisms: the egos protective methods of educing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality, repression. Defense mechanism that banishes anxiety- arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness: regression. Ex:starts sucking thumb when scared even though they don"t usually suck their thumb: reaction formation. Ex: over the top opposite about your true feelings, you don"t like your brothers new girlfriend but you are over the top nice to her: projection. Disguise their own threatening impulses by attributing them to others. Ex: blaming everyone in your hall for stealing something, even though you are stealing from your roommate: rationalization. Self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for ones actions. Ex: i failed the test because my professor hates me: displacement. Shifts sexual or aggressive impulses toward a more acceptable or less threatening object or person.
