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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (2021) | Physician Assistant (PA) School Study Aid
Fixation
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Defense Mechanism
- Example
- Tantrum
59 secs
Idealization
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Defense Mechanism
- Example
- Idealization
1 min
Identification
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Unconscious Mimicking
1 min
Intellectualization
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Leukemic Patient Intellectualizing
1 min
Isolation (of Affect)
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- No Emotional Response
1 min
Passive Aggression
- Characteristics
- Indirect Expression of Opposition
- Immature Ego Defense
- Associations
- Borderline Personality Disorder
1 min
Projection
- Definition
- Attributing Unacceptable Internal Impulse To Others
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Person With Hostile Feelings Accusing Others Of Hostility Or Anger
2 mins
Rationalization
- Definition
- Justifying Unacceptable Behavior Using Seemingly Logical Explanation
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Breaking Diet Because It's The Weekend
2 mins
Reaction Formation
- Characteristics
- Actions Oppose Feelings
- Immature Ego Defense
- Unconscious Process
- Exaggerated Behavior
- Reverse Cinderella Story
- Immature Sublimation
1 min
Regression
- Characteristics
- Reversion to a Younger State
- Immature Ego Defense
- Involuntary
- Stress-Induced
- Opposite of Fixation
1 min
Repression
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Memory Loss
1 min
Splitting
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Association
- Borderline Personality Disorder
1 min
Sublimation
- Mechanism
- Mature Ego Defense
- Unconscious
- Example
- Socially Acceptable
1 min
Altruism
- Mechanism
- Unconscious And Conscious
- Mature Ego Defense
- Example
- Making Donation
59 secs
Suppresion
- Mechanism
- Intentional
- Mature Ego Defense
- Example
- Switching Focus
2 mins
Humor
- Mechanism
- Mature Ego Defense
- Lightheartedly Expressing
- Example
- Jokes
1 min
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