DENIAL: INVOLVES BLOCKING EXTERNAL EVENTS FROM AWARENESSEXAMPLE: A WOMAN CANT ACCEPT THAT SHE HAS DIABETES, SO SHE BELEIVES THAT THE TEST RESULT IS WRONG
NO, THE RESULTS MUST BE WRONG
YOU HAVE DIABETES
SUBLIMATION: SATISFYING AN IMPULSE WITH A SUBTITUTE OBJECT. IN A SOCIALLY ACCPETED WAYEXAMPLE: CARL WAS SCOLDED BY HIS PARENTS, SO INSTEAD HE PLAY BASKETBALL TO RELEASE HIS ANGER
I'LL PLAY BASKETBALL ISNTEAD TO RELEASE MY TENSIONS.
DISPLACEMENT: SATISFYING AN IMPLUSE WITH A SUBTITUE OBJECT.EXAMPLE: A FATHER JUST GOT FIRED AT HIS JOB, SO HE TRANSFER HIS ANGER TOWARDS HIS SON
BUT I DID NOTHING
WHY CAN'T YOU DO ANYTHING RIGHT IN THIS HOUSE
I JUST GOT FIRED AT MY JOB
REPRESSION: UNCONSCIOUS MECHANISM BY WHICH THREATHENING THOUGHTS AND DESIRES ARE KEPT FROM BECOMING CONSCIOUSEXAMPLE: TIN WITNESSED HER FATHER CHEAT, THEREFORE SHE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME TRUSTING AND HAVING A RELATIONSHIP
SORRY I DON'T GO ON DATES ANYMORE
HEY WE SHOULD REALLY GO OUT SOMETIME
REACTION FORMATION: A MECHANISM THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO ACT EXACTLY THE OPPISITE TO THE WAY THEY FEELEXAMPLE: JOHN SAID HE LIKES SOCCER BUT HIS FACE SAYS OTHERWISE