ASWB Defense Mechanisms New Edition.

ASWB Defense Mechanisms New Edition Intellectualization -ANSWER Think Intellectual" a. The overemphasis on thinking when confronted with an unacceptable impulse, situations, or behavior without employing any emotion. b. Rather than deal with the pain associated with emotions a person will follow up or focus on content in that area. Ex) A person was recently diagnosed with cancer and will attempt to learn about all the symptoms rather than expressing their feelings about the diagnosis Ex) A person copes with the recent death of a parent by researching the grief process Denial -ANSWER a. Involves blocking external events from awareness. If someone is in a situation and it is too much to handle the person will refuse to experience it. Outright refusal to admit or recognize something has occurred or is currently happening. Person may accept responsibility yet minimize the impact. Ex) Someone who smokes cigarettes may refuse to admit that smoking is bad for health, by citing random facts to back it. (i.e.), My grandfather lived to 90 and he smoked. Ex) A person is unable to pick up subtle signs that his relationship is over or may minimize his feelings after it has ended. Rationalization -ANSWER "Identifying excuses for behavior" a. Explaining an unacceptable behavior or feeling in a rational or logical manner, avoiding the true reason(s) for the behavior, or thought Ex) Someone loses a job and says, "I did not like that job anyway" Ex) Someone gets turned down for a date and say, "I had a lot of things going on anyway" Asceticism -ANSWER "Set into their own ways" a. When someone displays ridged behaviors based on ideology that they deem important. Someone will be stuck in their ways, regardless of contradictory information b. Sever discipline is shown and avoidance of all forms of self-indulgence until the person accomplishes a particular goal. .