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Defense (First Aid)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Subconsciously coping with stressors or emotional conflict using actions rather than reflections or feelings.

a)

Acting out

b)

Denial

c)

Displacement

d)

Dissociation

e)

Fixation

2.

Avoiding the awareness of some painful reality

a)

Acting out

b)

Denial

c)

Displacement

d)

Dissociation

e)

Fixation

3.

Redirection of emotions or impulses to a neutral person or object (vs projection)

a)

Acting out

b)

Denial

c)

Displacement

d)

Dissociation

e)

Fixation

4.

Temporary, drastic change in personality, memory, consciousness, or motor behavior to avoid emotional stress. Patient has incomplete or no memory of traumatic event

a)

Acting out

b)

Denial

c)

Displacement

d)

Dissociation

e)

Fixation

5.

Partially remaining at a more childish level of development (vs regression)

a)

Acting out

b)

Denial

c)

Displacement

d)

Dissociation

e)

Fixation

6.

Expressing extremely positive thoughts of self and others while ignoring negative thoughts

a)

Idealization

b)

Identification

c)

Intellectualization

d)

Isolation (of affect)

e)

Passive Aggression

7.

Largely unconscious assumption of the characteristics, qualities, or traits of another person or group

a)

Idealization

b)

Identification

c)

Intellectualization

d)

Isolation (of affect)

e)

Passive Aggression

8.

Using facts and logic to emotionally distance oneself from a stressful situation

a)

Idealization

b)

Identification

c)

Intellectualization

d)

Isolation (of affect)

e)

Passive Aggression

9.

Separating feelings from ideas and events

a)

Idealization

b)

Identification

c)

Intellectualization

d)

Isolation (of affect)

e)

Passive Aggression

10.

Demonstrating hostile feelings in a non-confrontational manner; showing indirect opposition

a)

Idealization

b)

Identification

c)

Intellectualization

d)

Isolation (of affect)

e)

Passive Aggression

11.

Attributing an unacceptable internal impulse to an external source (vs displacement)

a)

Projection

b)

Rationalization

c)

Reaction formation

d)

Regression

e)

Repression

12.

Asserting plausible explanations for events that actually occurred for other reasons, usually to avoid self-blame

a)

Projection

b)

Rationalization

c)

Reaction formation

d)

Regression

e)

Repression

13.

Replacing a warded-off idea or feeling with an emphasis on its opposite (vs sublimation)

a)

Projection

b)

Rationalization

c)

Reaction formation

d)

Regression

e)

Repression

14.

Involuntarily turning back the maturational clock to behaviors previously demonstrated under stress (vs fixation)

a)

Projection

b)

Rationalization

c)

Reaction formation

d)

Regression

e)

Repression

15.

Involuntarily withholding an idea or feeling from conscious awareness (vs suppression)

a)

Projection

b)

Rationalization

c)

Reaction formation

d)

Regression

e)

Repression

16.

Believing that people are either all good or all bad at different times due to intolerance of ambiguity. Common in borderline personality disorder. Borders split-countries

a)

Projection

b)

Rationalization

c)

Splitting

d)

Regression

e)

Repression

17.

Replacing an unacceptable wish with a course of action that is similar to the wish but socially acceptable (vs reaction formation)

a)

Sublimation

b)

Altruism

c)

Suppression

d)

Humor

18.

Alleviating negative feelings via unsolicited generosity, which provides gratification (vs reaction formation)

a)

Sublimation

b)

Altruism

c)

Suppression

d)

Humor

19.

Intentionally withholding an idea or feeling from conscious awareness (vs repression); temporary

a)

Sublimation

b)

Altruism

c)

Suppression

d)

Humor

20.

Lightheartedly expressing uncomfortable feelings to shift the internal focus away from the distress

a)

Sublimation

b)

Altruism

c)

Suppression

d)

Humor

21.

Patient projects feelings about formative or other important persons onto physician (eg, psychiatrist is seen as parent)

a)

Transference

b)

Countertransference

22.

Physician projects feelings about formative or other important persons onto patient (eg, patient reminds physician of younger sibling)

a)

Transference

b)

Countertransference

23.

Target behavior (response) is followed by desired reward (positive reinforcement) or removal of aversive stimulus(negative reinforcement)

a)

Reinforcement

b)

Punishment

c)

Extinction

24.

Repeated application of aversive stimulus (positive punishment) or removal of desired reward (negative punishment) to extinguish unwanted behavior

a)

Reinforcement

b)

Punishment

c)

Extinction

25.

Discontinuation of reinforcement (positive or negative) eventually eliminates behavior. Can occur in operant or classical conditioning

a)

Reinforcement

b)

Punishment

c)

Extinction