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Defense mechanisms

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Total cards: 9•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Reaction formation

Back (Answer)

• transfer one drive to opposite expression - laughing at a funeral

#2
Front (Question)

Displacement

Back (Answer)

act out emotion on someone else

#3
Front (Question)

Denial

Back (Answer)

no feelings

#4
Front (Question)

Repression

Back (Answer)

ignore feelings

#5
Front (Question)

regression

Back (Answer)

act younger/ throw fit

#6
Front (Question)

projection

Back (Answer)

give undesirable trait away “blame game”

#7
Front (Question)

rationalize

Back (Answer)

excuse for behavior

#8
Front (Question)

transference

Back (Answer)

transfer emotions toward doctor

#9
Front (Question)

sublimation

Back (Answer)

replace socially unacceptable behavior with a more acceptable but similar one - ROCKY “make the crime sublime”