Understanding Defense Mechanisms

What is the primary characteristic of denial as a defense mechanism?

• Accepting reality but not acting on it

• Refusing to acknowledge reality

• Projecting feelings onto others

• Reverting to childlike behavior

How does repression differ from denial?

• Repression involves conscious awareness

• Repression is about projecting feelings

• Repression is a conscious process

• Repression involves subconscious suppression

In reaction formation, how do individuals typically behave?

• They act in a way that aligns with their true feelings

• They act in a way opposite to their true feelings

• They revert to childlike behaviors

• They project their feelings onto others

What is a common behavior seen in regression?

• Viewing situations in black-and-white terms

• Adopting others' beliefs

• Reverting to childlike behaviors

• Channeling impulses into sports

What does sublimation involve?

• Adopting others' beliefs to cope with anxiety

• Viewing situations as all good or all bad

• Focusing on strengths to cover weaknesses

• Channeling unacceptable impulses into acceptable activities

How does splitting manifest in an individual's perception?

• Seeing situations as either all good or all bad

• Channeling impulses into sports

• Adopting others' beliefs

• Reverting to childlike behaviors

What is the goal of undoing as a defense mechanism?

• To focus on strengths to cover weaknesses

• To negate a negative action with a positive one

• To use abstract thinking to avoid emotions

• To channel impulses into acceptable activities

How does intellectualization help individuals cope?

• By channeling impulses into sports

• By negating negative actions

• By using abstract thinking to avoid emotions

• By focusing on strengths

What is a key feature of dissociation?

• Expressing distress through physical symptoms

• Disconnecting emotions from thoughts

• Consciously pushing away thoughts

• Mentally separating from experiences

How does suppression differ from repression?

• Suppression involves reverting to childlike behaviors

• Suppression is about projecting feelings

• Suppression is a subconscious process

• Suppression involves conscious effort