ASWB Bachelors Questions And
Answers.
Defense mechanisms -
\Behaviors that protect people from anxiety
Acting out -
\Emotional conflict is dealt with through actions actions rather than feelings
Compensation -
\Helps make up for something that is lacking, defense mechanism
Conversion -
\Defense mechanism where repressed urge is expressed as a disturbance of body
function - seizures, deafness, like dad going blind
Devaluation -
\Defense mechanism used with borderline personality organization in which a person
attributes exaggerated negative qualities to self or another
Disassociation -
\Defense mechanism that is a process that enables a person to split mental functions in
a manner that allows him or her to express for bidden or unconscious impulses without
taking responsibility - detach from reality
Displacement -
\Directing an impulse or feeling towards a person or situation that is not it's real object
for example kicking a dog when you are angry at your boss
Inhibition -
\Defense mechanism that is a loss of motivation to engage activity avoided because it
might stir up conflict
Introjection -
\Defense mechanism where loved or hated external objects are symbolically absorbed
within self, for example severe depression unacceptable hatred is turned toward self
Projective identification -
\A defense mechanism him used by persons with borderline personality disorder or in
which they are unconsciously perceiving others behaviors as a reflection of one's own
identity
Repression -
, \A key defense mechanism expressed clinically I amnesia or symptomatic forgetting
serving to banish unacceptable ideas fantasies affects or impulses from consciousness
Splitting -
\A defense mechanism associated with borderline personality disorder in which a
person perceives self and others as all good or all bad
Sublimation -
\Defense mechanism where maladaptive feelings are diverted into socially excepted
bowl things, for example a person who has angry feelings channels them into athletics
Undoing -
\A defense mechanism where a person uses words or actions to reverse unacceptable
thoughts and feelings, for example a person could possibly washing hands to deal with
obsessive thoughts
The 8 causes to groupthink -
\Illusion of invulnerability (taking extreme risks), collective rationalization (discount
warnings), belief in inherent morality (believe in rightness, ignore ethical), stereotyped
views of those "on the out" (negative views of the "enemy" make conflict seem
unnecessary), direct pressure on dissenters (don't express arguments against any other
members), self- censorship (doubts from group not expressed), illusion of unanimity
(view is assumed to be unanimous), self- appointed (members protect info that may be
problematic)
Groupthink -
\when a group makes faulty decision because of group pressures
Closed system -
\System theory term: uses up its energy and dies
Differentiation -
\System theory term: becoming specialized in structure and function
Entropy -
\System theory term: closed, disorganized, stagnant; using up available energy
Equifinality -
\System theory term: arriving at the same end from different beginnings
Homeostasis -
\System theory term: steady state
Input -
\System theory term: obtaining resources from the environment that are necessary to
attain the goals of the system
Answers.
Defense mechanisms -
\Behaviors that protect people from anxiety
Acting out -
\Emotional conflict is dealt with through actions actions rather than feelings
Compensation -
\Helps make up for something that is lacking, defense mechanism
Conversion -
\Defense mechanism where repressed urge is expressed as a disturbance of body
function - seizures, deafness, like dad going blind
Devaluation -
\Defense mechanism used with borderline personality organization in which a person
attributes exaggerated negative qualities to self or another
Disassociation -
\Defense mechanism that is a process that enables a person to split mental functions in
a manner that allows him or her to express for bidden or unconscious impulses without
taking responsibility - detach from reality
Displacement -
\Directing an impulse or feeling towards a person or situation that is not it's real object
for example kicking a dog when you are angry at your boss
Inhibition -
\Defense mechanism that is a loss of motivation to engage activity avoided because it
might stir up conflict
Introjection -
\Defense mechanism where loved or hated external objects are symbolically absorbed
within self, for example severe depression unacceptable hatred is turned toward self
Projective identification -
\A defense mechanism him used by persons with borderline personality disorder or in
which they are unconsciously perceiving others behaviors as a reflection of one's own
identity
Repression -
, \A key defense mechanism expressed clinically I amnesia or symptomatic forgetting
serving to banish unacceptable ideas fantasies affects or impulses from consciousness
Splitting -
\A defense mechanism associated with borderline personality disorder in which a
person perceives self and others as all good or all bad
Sublimation -
\Defense mechanism where maladaptive feelings are diverted into socially excepted
bowl things, for example a person who has angry feelings channels them into athletics
Undoing -
\A defense mechanism where a person uses words or actions to reverse unacceptable
thoughts and feelings, for example a person could possibly washing hands to deal with
obsessive thoughts
The 8 causes to groupthink -
\Illusion of invulnerability (taking extreme risks), collective rationalization (discount
warnings), belief in inherent morality (believe in rightness, ignore ethical), stereotyped
views of those "on the out" (negative views of the "enemy" make conflict seem
unnecessary), direct pressure on dissenters (don't express arguments against any other
members), self- censorship (doubts from group not expressed), illusion of unanimity
(view is assumed to be unanimous), self- appointed (members protect info that may be
problematic)
Groupthink -
\when a group makes faulty decision because of group pressures
Closed system -
\System theory term: uses up its energy and dies
Differentiation -
\System theory term: becoming specialized in structure and function
Entropy -
\System theory term: closed, disorganized, stagnant; using up available energy
Equifinality -
\System theory term: arriving at the same end from different beginnings
Homeostasis -
\System theory term: steady state
Input -
\System theory term: obtaining resources from the environment that are necessary to
attain the goals of the system
