Mechanisms 1
An individual is asked if substance use is causing problems in their life or relationships and responds with, “No, I’m doing great at my job.”
What is denial?
Young child is bitten by a dog and later develops a severe phobia of dogs but has no memory of when or how this fear originated.
What is repression?
Person experiencing extreme anger might take up kickboxing as a means of venting frustration.
What is sublimation?
A 40 yr. old man sick with the flu, assumes a fetal position in bed & calls his mother for a bowl of her chicken soup.
What is regression?
Individual goes off diet because their mother would be disappointed if they didn’t eat the dessert she went out of her way to make.”
What is rationalization?
the most widely used projective test
Rorschach Inkblot test
An individual who dislikes a peer says, the peer never liked me anyway.
what is projection?
An individual is angry after talking to a peer, slams down the phone and calls the phone “Stupid!”.
What is displacement?
Black bile is known as one of
the four basic humors
Mr. Willson is always hanging out with the locals down at the Toledo Yacht Club. He thinks that by hanging out there people will start to associate him with rich people in general.
What is Identification
Individual repeatedly lists the benefits of being single instead of facing the pain of rejection after a breakup.
What is intellectualization?
Tim Tim got hurt and has to sit out a year from sports. He begins to really focus and starts doing extremely well academically while he can no longer compete.
Compensation
A man who feels insecure about his masculinity acts overly aggressive.
What is reaction formation?
Someone who repeatedly and unnecessarily postpones decisions or actions. For example, if a person repeatedly delays working on assignments until right before their deadline for no reason, even though they know that it would be better for them to start earlier.
What is procrastination?
This theorists is known believing that the order in which you are born is extremely important.
Alfred Adler