Mechanisms of Defense
THIS DEFENSE MECHANISM USES LOGIC TO EXPLAIN AWAY A FAULT OR WEAKNESS.
RATIONALIZATION
WPPSI, WISC, WAIS AND STANDFORD-BINET, TO NAME A FEW, ARE THIS TYPE OF TEST.
“IQ” (INTELLECTUAL EVALUATION)
ARRANGED BASIC HUMAN NEEDS IN THE SHAPE OF A PYRAMID, WITH “SELF ACTUALIZATION” AT THE TOP.
ABRAHAM MASLOW
THIS THERAPIST KNOWS TOO MUCH ABOUT TONY SOPRANO’S ACTIVITIES.
DR. JENNIFER MELFI
KATE PRIDE AND WILLIE PRIDE (NAMED AFTER IT’S FOUNDERS) ARE THIS UNIVERSITY’S MASCOTS.
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
PURPOSELY TRYING TO FORGET AN UNPLEASANT EVENT. THIS TECHNIQUE IS ALSO USED TO DESCRIBE COUGH MEDICINE.
SUPPRESSION
MMPI, CPI, RORSCHACH, TAT, DRAW-A-PERSON AND SENTENCE COMPLETION, TO NAME SIX, ARE THIS TYPE OF TEST.
PERSONALITY TESTS
DAUGHTER OF SIGMUND, THIS FREUD DESCRIBED THE EGO DEFENSE MECHANISMS THAT PROTECT US FROM ANXIETY.
ANNA FREUD
FIRST APPEARING ON THE SITCOM CHEERS, THIS KNOW-IT-ALL PSYCHIATRIST MOVED TO SEATTLE FOR HIS SPINOFF.
FRAZIER CRANE
MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY ATHLETES ARE LEAD BY THIS HISTORIC MASCOT.
SPARTY SPARTAN
“I CAN’T REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL, EVEN IF I TRY,” IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS DEFENSE.
REPRESSION
THE FORMULA FOR THIS IS MENTAL AGE DIVIDED BY CHRONOLOGICAL AGE MULTIPLIED BY ONE HUNDRED.
DAILY DOUBLE
INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT (IQ)
DAILY DOUBLE
THE FOUNDER OF COGNITIVE THERAPY.
AARON BECK
SAM GARDNER’S THERAPIST IN NETFLIX’S “ATYPICAL.”
JULIA SASAKI
THIS LOUD FELINE IS THE MASCOT OF QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY.
BOOMER BOBCAT
HAVING A TANTRUM, ACTING LIKE A CHILD, OR RETURNING TO CHILDISH GAMES AND BEHAVIORS ARE EXAMPLES OF THIS.
REGRESSION
OFTEN SEEN IN MOVIES AND COMMONLY CALLED A “LIE DETECTOR TEST,” THIS APPARATUS HAS LONG BEEN PROVEN TO BE MSOTLY INACCURATE.
POLYGRAPH
THIS RESEARCHER FAMOUSLY WAS ABLE TO PREDICT DIVORCE BY OBSERVING MARRIED COUPLES COMMUNICATE FOR FIVE MINUTES.
JOHN GOTTMAN
CLAY JENSEN’S THERAPIST IN SEASON FOUR OF “13 REASONS WHY.”
ROBERT ELLMAN
THIS ALLITERATIVE CHARACTER IS THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY’S MASCOT.
BRUTUS BUCKEYE
EXPRESSING VIOLENT FEELINGS IN SOCIALLY APPROPRIATE WAYS, SUCH AS SPORTS, MUSIC AND ART IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS.
SUBLIMATION
CATEGORY OF ASSESSMENT THAT MEASURES ACADEMIC AREAS SUCH AS READING, ARITHMETIC, AND SPELLING.
ACHIEVEMENT TESTING
THIS SWISS PSYCHOLOGIST WAS THE FIRST TO STUDY EARLY CHILDHOOD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT.
JEAN PIAGET
THE THERAPIST IN THE 1999 FILM GIRL, INTERRUPTED.
DR. SONIA WICK
THIS SELF REFERENTIAL FELLOW IS HARVARD UNIVERSITY’S MASCOT. JOHN HARVARD
THE PILGRIM