Identify the Following Terms

question 51

Short Answer

Identify the following terms.
-Lord Macartney

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Definitions:

Adaptive Coping

Strategies used to adjust to stressors in a healthy and constructive manner.

Catharsis

The release of emotional tension.

Denial

A psychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality.

Displacement

A defense mechanism where an individual redirects a negative emotion from its original source to a safer target.