Define Three of the Following Defence Mechanisms and Provide an Example

question 236

Essay

Define three of the following defence mechanisms and provide an example of each: (1) repression, (2) projection, (3) displacement, (4) sublimation, and (5) rationalization.

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Definitions:

Taste Aversions

A learned avoidance of a particular food or drink because it has been associated with an unpleasant or nauseating experience.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus.

Evoked Responses

Electrical potentials recorded from the nervous system following presentation of a stimulus, used to assess sensory function and neural pathways.

Extinction

The process by which stimuli lose their ability to evoke learned responses because the events that had followed the stimuli no longer occur. The learned responses are said to be extinguished.