Defence Mechanisms (OCR A-Level Psychology): Flashcards

Unconscious strategies protecting from unpleasant thoughts or feelings

Forcing distressing memory out of conscious mind

Refusal to acknowledge some aspects of reality

Unconscious transfer of intense emotion from one object to another

Return to former or less developed state

Sucking thumb when stressed

Patient relaxes & talks freely about whatever comes to mind

Using wrong word/phrase revealing unconscious mind

Therapist analyses & interprets symbols in dreams

Revealed through symbols