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Download Solution PDFWhen a person tried to make his/her thoughts and action according to others whom he likes to follow, then this kind of activity is called which type of defense mechanism?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe defense mechanism refers to the unconscious mechanism proposed by Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna Freud as a strategy to reduce anxiety and unacceptable impulses.
Key Points Defence Mechanisms' are used by an individual to promote the adjustment process. It helps us a lot in dealing with stress.
- To defend or safeguard ourselves, we use a technique called a defense mechanism. These are also called Adjustment Mechanisms.
- When a person tried to make his/her thoughts and action according to others whom he likes to follow, then this kind of activity is called the identification defense mechanism.
Hence, we can conclude that option 1 is correct.
Additional Information Some of the key mechanisms are given below:
| Denial | Failure to recognize or acknowledge the existence of unpleasant events/information as I do not know, I have not seen, etc. |
| Displacement | Emotional impulses are redirected toward one other i.e. substitute person/object. |
| Projection | Attributing own unacceptable urges to others. |
| Rationalization | Justifying our actions or feelings through socially acceptable explanations. |
| Reaction formation | Retreating to behavior characteristic of an earlier stage of development. |
| Regression | Exclusion of anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or impulses from consciousness. |
| Repression | Exclusion of anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or impulses from consciousness. |
| Sublimation | Sexual urges are channelized into productive, nonsexual activities. |
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