NUR 108 Module B
- ID structure
Answer selfish
- superego structure
Answer strives for perfection
- defense mechanism
Answer the ego's protective methods of reducing anxiety by un- consciously distorting reality
- purpose of defense mechanisms
Answer protect ego
- compensation
Answer something given to make up for something else
ex
a girl who thinks she cannot sing studies to become an expert pianist
- conversion
Answer channeling of unbearable anxieties into body signs and symptoms 1 / 2
ex Answer
boy who injured animal by kicking it develops a limp
- denial
Answer refusal
ex
boy who is covered with chocolate refuses he ate candy
- displacement
Answer redirecting one's feelings toward another person or object
ex
husband shouts at wife, wife then berates child, who scolds dog
- dissociation
Answer separation of emotions from event
ex
soldier casually describes battle in which he lost legs
- projection
- / 2
Answer blame someone else