5.5.4 Defence Mechanisms

• What are defence mechanisms designed to protect individuals from?

  Anxiety
• Defence mechanisms reduce psychic conflict between the id, ego, and superego
• Who developed the concept of defence mechanisms?

  Sigmund Freud
• Defence mechanisms are a key concept in understanding human behavior under psychodynamic theory.
• Defence mechanisms reduce anxiety and maintain psychological equilibrium
• What does the id seek in psychological terms?

  Immediate gratification
• What does the superego represent in the psychodynamic framework?

  Moral conscience
• Match the defence mechanism with its description:

  Repression ↔️ Blocking distressing thoughts

  Denial ↔️ Refusing to acknowledge reality

  Projection ↔️ Attributing feelings to others

  Rationalization ↔️ Justifying behavior with logic

  Displacement ↔️ Redirecting feelings to a safer target
• What is the primary action in the defence mechanism of repression?

  Blocking distress
• What does the defence mechanism of denial involve?

  Refusing to acknowledge reality
• What is the key characteristic of the defence mechanism of projection?

  Attributing feelings to others
• Rationalization involves justifying unacceptable behavior with logical reasons.
• Displacement involves redirecting feelings to a safer target
• What is achieved in sublimation?

  Channeling urges into acceptable activities
• What are defence mechanisms used to manage?

  Anxiety or unacceptable feelings
• Repression involves blocking distressing thoughts from conscious awareness
• What is denial in defence mechanisms?

  Refusing to acknowledge reality
• Projection is attributing one's own unacceptable feelings to others.
• Rationalization involves justifying unacceptable behavior with logical reasons
• What is the purpose of displacement in defence mechanisms?

  Redirecting feelings to a safer target
• Sublimation channels unacceptable urges into socially acceptable activities.
• Defence mechanisms help reduce conflict between the id, ego, and superego
• What is the primary function of defence mechanisms?

  Protect individuals from anxiety
• Match the psychological component with its role:

  Id ↔️ Seeks immediate gratification

  Ego ↔️ Mediates between id and superego

  Superego ↔️ Represents moral conscience
• Repression involves blocking distressing thoughts from conscious awareness
• What does denial involve in defence mechanisms?

  Refusing to acknowledge reality
• Projection is attributing one's own unacceptable feelings to others.
• Rationalization involves justifying unacceptable behavior with logical reasons
• What is the purpose of displacement in defence mechanisms?

  Redirecting feelings to a safer target
• Defence mechanisms reduce conflict between the id, ego, and superego
• How do defence mechanisms minimize anxiety?

  Distorting reality
• Order the roles of the id, ego, and superego in psychological conflict resolution:

  1️⃣ Id seeks immediate gratification

  2️⃣ Ego mediates between id and superego

  3️⃣ Superego represents moral conscience
• The id operates on the principle of seeking immediate gratification
• The ego is responsible for mediating between the id and the superego.
• What does the superego represent in psychological terms?

  Moral conscience
• Defence mechanisms reduce conflict between the id, ego, and superego
• The id seeks immediate gratification.
• What is the role of the ego in psychological conflict?

  Mediates between id and superego
• The superego represents the moral conscience of an individual
• How do defence mechanisms minimize anxiety?

  Distorting reality