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Compensation ------ Process by which a person makes up for a deficiency in his image of himself by strongly emphasizing some other feature that he regards as an asset.
Denial ------ Avoidance of disagreeable realities by ignoring or refusing to recognize them; probably simplest and most primitive of all defense mechanisms.
Displacement ------ Shift of emotion from a person or object toward which it was originally directed to another usually neutral or less dangerous person or object.
Identification ------ Process by which a person tries to become like someone he admires by taking on thoughts, mannerisms or tastes of the individual.
Introjection ------ Intense type of identification in which a person incorporates qualities or values of another person or group into his own ego structure.  It is one of the earliest mechanisms of the child; important in formation of conscious.
Isolation ------ Splitting off of emotional components of a thought which may be temporary or long-term.
Projection ------ Attributing one's own thoughts or impulses to another person.  Through this process once can attribute his own intolerable wishes, emotional feelings or motivations to another person.
Rationalization ------ Offering a socially acceptable or apparently logical explanation to justify or make acceptable otherwise unacceptable impulses, feelings, behaviors and motives.
Reaction Formation ------ Development of conscious attitudes and behavior patterns that are opposite tow hat one really feels or would like to do.
Regression ------ Retreat in face of stress to behavior characteristics of any earlier level of development.
Repression ------ Involuntary exclusion of a painful or conflictual though, impulse or memory from awareness.  It is primary ego defense and other mechanisms tend to reindorce it.
Sublimation ------ Acceptance of a socially approved substitute goal for a drive whose normal channel of expression is blocked.
Suppression ------ A process often listed as a defense mechanism, but it is really a conscious analog of repression.  It is intentional exclusion of material from consciousness.  At times it may lead to subsequent repression.
Undoing ------ Act or communication that partially negates a previous one; primitive defense mechanism.

Side A ------ Side B
Compensation ------ Process by which a person makes up for a deficiency in his image of himself by strongly emphasizing some other feature that he regards as an asset.
Denial ------ Avoidance of disagreeable realities by ignoring or refusing to recognize them; probably simplest and most primitive of all defense mechanisms.
Displacement ------ Shift of emotion from a person or object toward which it was originally directed to another usually neutral or less dangerous person or object.
Identification ------ Process by which a person tries to become like someone he admires by taking on thoughts, mannerisms or tastes of the individual.
Introjection ------ Intense type of identification in which a person incorporates qualities or values of another person or group into his own ego structure.  It is one of the earliest mechanisms of the child; important in formation of conscious.
Isolation ------ Splitting off of emotional components of a thought which may be temporary or long-term.
Projection ------ Attributing one's own thoughts or impulses to another person.  Through this process once can attribute his own intolerable wishes, emotional feelings or motivations to another person.
Rationalization ------ Offering a socially acceptable or apparently logical explanation to justify or make acceptable otherwise unacceptable impulses, feelings, behaviors and motives.
Reaction Formation ------ Development of conscious attitudes and behavior patterns that are opposite tow hat one really feels or would like to do.
Regression ------ Retreat in face of stress to behavior characteristics of any earlier level of development.
Repression ------ Involuntary exclusion of a painful or conflictual though, impulse or memory from awareness.  It is primary ego defense and other mechanisms tend to reindorce it.
Sublimation ------ Acceptance of a socially approved substitute goal for a drive whose normal channel of expression is blocked.
Suppression ------ A process often listed as a defense mechanism, but it is really a conscious analog of repression.  It is intentional exclusion of material from consciousness.  At times it may lead to subsequent repression.
Undoing ------ Act or communication that partially negates a previous one; primitive defense mechanism.