AP Psych. Vocab. 147-167

The process of reducing stress through behavioral, cognitive, and/or emotional means.

• coping

• free association

• psychoanalysis

• defense mechanism

Psychoanalytical approach to exploring the unconscious mind through relaxation and the willingness to reveal anything that comes to mind regardless of what it may be.

• free association

• coping

• psychoanalysis

• defense mechanism

Unconscious pleasure seeking principle (little devil on your shoulder)

• ID

• EGO

• superego

Conscious decision maker who weighs the Id and the Superego in order to achieve the reality principle

• ID

• EGO

• superego

One’s conscience/moral compass (little angel on your shoulder)

• ID

• EGO

• superego

Reverting to a childlike state.

• regression

• reaction formation

• projection

• displacement

Acting in the opposite way that one actually feels.

• repression

• regression

• reaction formation

• denial

Attributing one’s own impulses to others.

• regression

• denial

• retroaction

• projection

Self-Justifying explanation for behavior (cognitive dissonance)

• rationalization

• repression

• regression

• denial

 Redirecting impulses towards a less threatening person or thing.

• replacement

• reaction formation

• displacement

• regression