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What mechanisms help infants survive before they have an opportunity to learn adaptive behavior?
Defense Mechanism
Psychological strategies employed unconsciously to protect oneself from anxiety or social sanctions and to manage emotional conflicts.
Reaction Formation
A defense mechanism where an individual behaves in a way directly opposed to their actual feelings or desires, often to hide those feelings.
Anxiety-Arousing
Pertaining to stimuli or situations that provoke a state of increased nervousness, fear, or unease.
Oedipus Complex
A psychoanalytic theory by Freud suggesting a child's unconscious desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.
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