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Theories of Personality 9th Edition by Duane Schultz,Sydney Ellen Schultz
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0495506256Theories of Personality 9th Edition by Duane Schultz,Sydney Ellen Schultz
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0495506256 Exercise 1
Describe how each of the following defense mechanisms protects us against anxiety: reaction formation, projection, sublimation.
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Defensive mechanism protecting anxiety:
Anxiety arises from the pressure raised on ego. Mr. F states that anxiety is the fear and dread that occurred without any obvious reason or cause. This means that anxiety is not direct fear. It is an objectless fear that happens often without any source or clarity of object inducing it.
Defense mechanisms are created by Mr. F to defend individuals from anxiety. These strategies are used two at a time as required by the situation. Ego uses these strategies to protect itself against anxiety that occurs due to conflicts related to day-to-day life. This includes disagreement or distortion from reality.
Reaction formation:
A defense against disturbing impulse is expressing an active opposite impulse. This is known as reaction formation. Here, an individual who strongly drives threat against an impulsive behavior replaces those motives with socially standardized behaviors.
For Example: A person who is aggressive can become friendly, so the mechanism influences unconscious mind and changes ones behavior.
Projection:
This is a mechanism of defense that involves pointing the disturbing impulse to another person. Here, the aggressive, lustful, and unacceptable desire is possessed by another and not by self.
For example: Attributing one's dislike over another. It clearly explains the concept of attributing or pointing towards other rather agreeing self motive.
Sublimation:
A defense mechanism alters or transfers impulses created by id through redirecting instinctual energy to socially standardized behaviors. Here, an instinctual energy is converted to varied channels of expression, which is admired and accepted in the society. This displacement makes sublimation to be considered as a compromise. Though it might not provide complete satisfaction it builds an un-discharged tension.
For example: Sexual energy is sublimated to artistic behaviors.
Anxiety arises from the pressure raised on ego. Mr. F states that anxiety is the fear and dread that occurred without any obvious reason or cause. This means that anxiety is not direct fear. It is an objectless fear that happens often without any source or clarity of object inducing it.
Defense mechanisms are created by Mr. F to defend individuals from anxiety. These strategies are used two at a time as required by the situation. Ego uses these strategies to protect itself against anxiety that occurs due to conflicts related to day-to-day life. This includes disagreement or distortion from reality.
Reaction formation:
A defense against disturbing impulse is expressing an active opposite impulse. This is known as reaction formation. Here, an individual who strongly drives threat against an impulsive behavior replaces those motives with socially standardized behaviors.
For Example: A person who is aggressive can become friendly, so the mechanism influences unconscious mind and changes ones behavior.
Projection:
This is a mechanism of defense that involves pointing the disturbing impulse to another person. Here, the aggressive, lustful, and unacceptable desire is possessed by another and not by self.
For example: Attributing one's dislike over another. It clearly explains the concept of attributing or pointing towards other rather agreeing self motive.
Sublimation:
A defense mechanism alters or transfers impulses created by id through redirecting instinctual energy to socially standardized behaviors. Here, an instinctual energy is converted to varied channels of expression, which is admired and accepted in the society. This displacement makes sublimation to be considered as a compromise. Though it might not provide complete satisfaction it builds an un-discharged tension.
For example: Sexual energy is sublimated to artistic behaviors.
Theories of Personality 9th Edition by Duane Schultz,Sydney Ellen Schultz
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