Freud Defense Mechanisms

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• Denial

• Identification

• Rationalization

• Reaction formation

Who studied defense mechanisms?

• Jack Freud

• Sigmund and Anna Freud

• John Watson

• Wilhelm Wundt

Anna Freud did what to her fathers concept of defense mechanisms?

• Destroyed it

• Enhanced it

• Expanded it

• Corrupted it

Making logical excuses for illogical behavior

• intellectualization

• reaction formation

• rationalization

• sublimation

Which of those when threatened leads us to use defense mechanisms?

• ID

• Ego

• Superego

What happens if the ego fails to use the reality principle according to Freud's theory?

• The superego takes over

• None of the above

• Immediate gratification is achieved

• Unconscious defense mechanisms are employed

Which defense mechanism involves keeping information out of conscious awareness?

• Projection

• Repression

• Sublimation

Which defense mechanism involves attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts to others?

• A) Displacement

• B) Projection

• C) Regression

• D) Denial

What is the defense mechanism where a person reverts to an earlier stage of development?

• A) Regression

• B) Sublimation

• C) Rationalization

• D) Reaction Formation

Which defense mechanism involves redirecting emotions to a substitute target?

• A) Denial

• B) Displacement

• C) Projection

• D) Repression