Question

Provide the correct answer for the following examples/definitions of Freud’s defense mechanisms:

1. The person who engages in _____ avoids anxiety by simply not allowing painful thoughts to become conscious.
2. A person who ____ reality simply refuse to acknowledge the existence of an external source of anxiety.
3. ______ is the attributing of one’s own unacceptable motives or desires to others.
4. ______ is the construction of a socially acceptable reason for an action that reflects actually socially unworthy motives.
5. ______ is the adoption of behavior that is the exact opposite of impulse that one dare not express.
6. One ______ one’s hostility away from a dangerous object and onto a safer substitute.
7. A retreat from an anxiety producing conflict to a developmental stage at which no one is expected to behave maturely and responsibly.
8. ______ is the expression of sexual and aggressive energy in a way that is acceptable to society.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The person who engages in repression avoids anxiety by simply not allowing painful thoughts to become conscious.
2. A person who denies reality simply refuses to acknowledge the existence of an external source of anxiety.
3. Projection is the attributing of one’s own unacceptable motives or desires to others.
4. Rationalization is the construction of a socially acceptable reason for an action that reflects actually socially unworthy motives.
5. The reaction formation is the adoption of behavior that is the exact opposite of impulse that one dare not express.
6. One displaces one’s hostility away from a dangerous object and onto a safer substitute.
7. Sublimation is the expression of sexual and aggressive energy in a way that is acceptable to society.