Prelims Psychiatric Nursing
Subdecks (1)
Cards (39)
- Overachievement in one area to offset real or perceived deficiencies in another area.
- Expression of an emotional conflict through the development of a physical symptom, usually sensorimotor in nature
- Failure to acknowledge an unbearable condition; failure to admit the reality of a situation or how one enables the problem to continue
- Ventilation of intense feelings toward persons less threatening than the one who aroused those feelings
- Dealing with emotional conflict by a temporary alteration in consciousness or identity
- Immobilization of a portion of the personality resulting from unsuccessful completion of tasks in a developmental stage
- Modeling actions and opinions of influential others while searching for identity, or aspiring to reach a personal, social, or occupational goal
- Separation of the emotions of a painful event or situation from the facts involved; acknowledging the facts but not the emotions
- Accepting another person’s attitudes, beliefs, and values as one’s own
- Unconscious blaming of unacceptable inclinations or thoughts on an external object
- Excusing own behavior to avoid guilt, responsibility, conflict, anxiety, or loss of self-respect
- Acting the opposite of what one thinks or feels
- Moving back to a previous developmental stage to feel safe or have needs met
- Excluding emotionally painful or anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings from conscious awareness
- Overt or covert antagonism toward remembering or processing anxiety-producing information
- Substituting a socially acceptable activity for an impulse that is unacceptable
- Replacing the desired gratification with one that is more readily available
- Conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts and feelings from conscious awareness
- Exhibiting acceptable behavior to make up for or negate unacceptable behavior