Defense Mechanisms: Anna Freud

What defense mechanism involves acting out to distract attention from other stressors?

• Avoidance

• Acting out

• Conversion

• Denial

Which defense mechanism is characterized by avoiding uncomfortable thoughts or situations?

• Projection

• Avoidance

• Regression

• Compensation

What is the defense mechanism where physical symptoms develop without a physical cause?

• Identification

• Conversion

• Repression

• Displacement

Which defense mechanism involves denying reality to avoid uncomfortable situations?

• Humor

• Schizoid fantasy

• Denial

• Splitting

What is the process of internalizing behaviors observed in others called?

• Regression

• Anticipation

• Identification

• Projection

Which defense mechanism involves attributing one's own maladaptive impulses to others?

• Projection

• Intellectualization

• Displacement

• Compensation

What describes adapting behavior to earlier levels of development?

• Schizoid fantasy

• Rationalization

• Regression

• Repression

Which mechanism involves subconsciously blocking undesirable ideas or impulses?

• Suppression

• Repression

• Displacement

• Sexualization

What defense mechanism involves retreating into one's imagination?

• Humor

• Isolation of Affect

• Splitting

• Schizoid fantasy

Which defense mechanism is characterized by all-or-none thinking?

• Splitting

• Sublimation

• Compensation

• Anticipation