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Table 2.6: Commonly tte MULE, , Example Overuse can lead to, , Forgetting: a loved one’s birth day after a, fight, , Defense mec anism ana description, , , , "Repression: Unconscious and involuntary, orgetting of painful ideas, events and, sonflicts, , ne, , Denial: Unconscious refusal to admit an, unacceptable idea or behavior, Usually the, first defense learned and used, , , , , , Repression, dissociative, disorders, , The mother of a child who is fatally ill may, refuse to admit that there is anything wrong, even though she is fully informed of the, diagnosis and expected outcome. It is, because she cannot tolerate the pain that, acknowledging reality would produce |, Loss of friends and relationships, |, confusion in communication, , A husband comes home after a bad day, , lacement: Unconsciously ne ai, as at work and yells at his wife, , discharging pent-up feelings to a less, threatening object, , Reaction formation: Replacing, unacceptable feelings with their exact, opposites, , Rationalization: It is a process in which an, ‘individual jwStifies his failures and socially, ‘unacceptable behavior by giving socially, approved reasons, , A jealous boy who hates his elder brother Failure to resolve internal conflict, , may show him exaggerated respect and, affection towards him, , , , , A student who fails in the examination may, complain that the hostel atmosphere is not, favorable and has resulted in his failure, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Self-deception, , ‘Sublimation: Consciously or, unconsciously channeling instinctual, drives into acceptable activities, , Compensation: Consciously covering up, for a weakness by over emphasizing or, making up a desirable trait., , Aggressiveness might be transformed into, competitiveness in business or sports, , , , , , , , , , , A student who fails in his studies may, compensate by becoming the college, champion in athletics, , , , , , , A person who blames another for his own, mistakes is using the projection mechanism., A surgeon whose patient does not respond, as he anticipated, may tend to blame the, theater nurse who helped that surgeon at the, time of operation, , Projection: Unconsciously (or, consciously) blaming someone else for, one’s difficulties, , Fails to learn to take personal ', responsibility. May develop into, delusional tendencies, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , intellectualization: Separation of the, emotions of a painful event or situation, from the facts involved; acknowledging the, facts but not the emotions, , Person shows no emotional expression, when discussing serious car accident, , , , , , , , , , , Undoing: Consciously doing something to, counteract or make up for a transgression, or wrong doing, , Giving a treat to a child who is being, , punished for a wrong doing May send double message, , , , , Regression: Unconscious return to an, earlier and more comfortable, developmental level, , An adult throws a temper tantrum when he, does not get his own way, , , , , , , , , , May interfere with progression, and development of personality, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Dissociation: The unconscious, separation of painful feelings and, , emotions from an unacceptable idea, situation or object, , Amnesia that prevents recalls of previous, days auto accident /Adult remembers, nothing of childhood sexual abuse, , , , , , , One of the dissociative disorders, , , , , , , , Conversion: The unconscious ex i n n, r pression A student awak igrai Anxie, sei | ens with a migraine iety not dealt with can lead O, : ntra sale ST symbolically headache the morning of a final sok vais oo obey s, hrough physical symptoms examination and feels too ill to take the test gastric a oe, ers