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| Uncounscious failure to acknowledge an event, thought, or feeling that is too painful for conscious awareness |
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| The transference of feelings to another person or object |
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| Attempt to be like someone or emulate the personality, traits, or behaviors of another person |
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| Using reason to avoid emotional conflicts |
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| Incorporation of values or qualities an admired person or group into one's own ego structure |
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| Separation of an unacceptable feeling, idea, or impulse from one's thought process |
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| Indirectly expressing aggression toward others; a facade of overt compliance masks convert resentment |
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| Attributing one's own thoughts or impulses to another person |
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| Offering an acceptable, logical explanation to make unacceptable feelings and behavior acceptable |
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| Development of conscious attitudes and behaviors that are the opposite of what is really felt |
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| Reverting to an earlier level of development when anxious or highly stressed |
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| The involuntary exclusion of a painful thought or memory from awareness |
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| Substitution of an unacceptable feeling by a more socially acceptable one |
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| The intentional exclusion of feelings and ideas |
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| Communication or behavior done to negate a previously unacceptable act |
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