Adler NeoFreudians Is this Legit Horney Jung The

What happens when the Id and Superego can’t reconcile? ? !! • • The

Defense Mechanisms • The ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by distorting reality. •

Scenario: Quarterback of the high school football team, Cameron, is dating Jasmine dumps Cameron

1. Repression • Pushing thoughts into our unconscious. • When asked about Jasmine, Cameron

2. Denial • Not accepting the ego -threatening truth. • Cameron may act like

3. Displacement • Redirecting one’s feelings toward another person or object. • Often displaced

4. Projection • Believing that the feelings one has toward someone else are actually

5. Reaction Formation • Expressing the opposite of how one truly feels. • Cootie

6. Regression • Returning to an earlier, comforting form of behavior. • Cameron begins

7. Rationalization • Coming up with a beneficial result of an undesirable outcome. •

8. Intellectualization • Undertaking an academic, unemotional study of a topic. • Cameron starts

9. Sublimation • Channeling one’s frustration toward a different goal. • Sometimes a healthy

Important: • All of these DM’s can be helpful & useful when temporarily trying

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Adler Neo-Freudians Is this Legit? Horney Jung The Psychoanalytic Perspective (Mod 44) Freud We are here Unconscious & Personality Structure Defense Mechanisms Development Personality Tests Projective Tests TAT Rorschach Inkblot

What happens when the Id and Superego can’t reconcile? ? !! • • The psychic energy has to go somewhere! Id won’t let it go Super-ego won’t let it happen To protect itself the organism employs defense mechanisms.

Defense Mechanisms • The ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by distorting reality. • Never aware they are occurring. • Nine major types.

Scenario: Quarterback of the high school football team, Cameron, is dating Jasmine dumps Cameron and starts dating Kevin, president of the chess club. Kevin Cameron Jasmine

1. Repression • Pushing thoughts into our unconscious. • When asked about Jasmine, Cameron may say “Who? , I have not thought about her for awhile. ” • UNDERLIES ALL OTHER D. M. s!!

2. Denial • Not accepting the ego -threatening truth. • Cameron may act like he is still together with Jasmine. He may hang out by her locker and plan dates with her.

3. Displacement • Redirecting one’s feelings toward another person or object. • Often displaced on less threatening things. • Cameron may take his anger on another kid by bullying.

4. Projection • Believing that the feelings one has toward someone else are actually held by the other person and directed at oneself. • Cameron insists that Jasmine still cares for him.

5. Reaction Formation • Expressing the opposite of how one truly feels. • Cootie stage in Freud’s Latent Development. • Cameron claims he hates Jasmine.

6. Regression • Returning to an earlier, comforting form of behavior. • Cameron begins to sleep with his favorite childhood stuffed animal.

7. Rationalization • Coming up with a beneficial result of an undesirable outcome. • Cameron thinks he will find a better girlfriend. “Jasmine was not all that anyway!” • I really did want to go to ……. . anyway, it was too ……

8. Intellectualization • Undertaking an academic, unemotional study of a topic. • Cameron starts doing a research paper on failed teenage romances.

9. Sublimation • Channeling one’s frustration toward a different goal. • Sometimes a healthy defense mechanism. • Cameron starts to learn how to play the guitar and writing songs (or maybe starts to body build).

Important: • All of these DM’s can be helpful & useful when temporarily trying to escape anxiety. • BUT… • They become maladaptive when used to escape reality.