What Are Defence Mechanisms and Which Emotion Triggers Their Activation

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Essay

What are defence mechanisms and which emotion triggers their activation? Define and give examples of the following defence mechanisms: displacement, intellectualization, and reaction formation.

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Definitions:

Artificial Situations

Scenarios or environments that are created or manipulated by researchers to study behavior in a controlled setting.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values.

Variability

The extent to which data points in a set differ from each other and from the average of the set, indicating the spread or dispersion.

Double-Blind Study

A double-blind study is a research design in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, to prevent bias.