<prompt> Which of the following is mature defence mechanism?RationalizationHumorDenialDisplacement  <response>: Ans. b Humor. Ref. Kaplan Sadocks Synopsis of Psychiatry, 10th ed., p. 203. Table 6.1-3COMMON FREUDIAN DEFENSE MECHANISMSDefence mechanismShort DefinitionImportant AssociationsProjectionAttibuting inner feelings to othersParanoid behaviorsDenialSaying it is not soSubstance abuse, reaction to deathSplittingThe world composed of polar oppositesBorderline personality, good versus evilBlockingTransient inability to rememberMomentary lapseRegressionReturning to an earlier stage of developmentEnuresis, primitive behaviorsSomatizationPhysical symptoms for psychological reasonsSomatoform disordersIntrojectionThe outside becomes insideSupergo, being like parentsDisplacementSource stays the same, but target changesRedirected emotion, phobias, scapegoatRepressionForgetting, so it is nonretrievableForget and forgetisolation of affectFacies without feelingBlunted affect, la belle indifferenceIntellectualizationAffect repalced by academic contentAcademic, not emotional reactionActing outAffect covered up by excessive action or sensationSubstance abuse, fighting, gamblingRationalizationWhy the unacceptable is okay in this instanceJustification, string of reasonsReaction formationThe unacceptable transformed into its oppositeManifesting the opposite; fee love but show hate: Girls have cooties.UndoingAction to symbolically reverse the accaptableFixing or repairing, obsessive-compulsive behaviorsPassive-aggressivePassive nonperformance after promiseUnconscious, indirect hostilityDissociationSeperating self from ones own experienceFugue, depersonalization, amnesia, multiple personalityHumorA pleasant release from anxietyLaughter hides the painSublimationMoving an unacceptable impulse into an acceptable channelArt, literature, mentoringSuppressionForgetting, but is retrievableForget and rememberPsychodynamic PsychotherapyDEFENSE MECHANISMS The way means that the Ego wards off anxiety controls instinctive, urges unpleasant affects Emotions All Defense Mechanisms are Unconscious except Suppression, Discrete, Dynamic Irreversible, Adaptive Maladaptive Highly adaptive mature- Altruism, Humor, Sublimation Suppression Less adaptive- Displacement, Intellectualization, Isolation of Affect, Rationalization, Reaction Formation Repression Primitive immature- Acting out, Denial deletion from consciousness, Projection Splitting Transference Countertransference- Brings unconscious topics into consciousness Transference Feelings of patient toward therapist Occurs in all patientphysician relationships- Countertransference Feelings of therapist toward patient Occurs in all patientphysician relationships Interpretation- Therapist identifies feelings, drives, and defenses in action 