| A | B |
|---|
| compartmentalism | separating parts of the self from awareness of other parts and behaving as if one had separate sets of values |
| compensation | counterbalancing perceived weaknesses by emphasizing strength in other arenas |
| denial | the refusal to accept reality and to act as if a painful event, thought or feeling did not exist |
| displacement | redirecting of thoughts feelings and impulses from an object that gives rise to anxiety to a safer, more acceptable one |
| fantasy | the channeling of unacceptable or unattainable desires into imagination |
| intellectualization | use of a cognitive approach without the attendant emotions to suppress and attempt to gain mastery over the perceived disorderly and potentially overwhelming impulses |
| projection | the attribution of one's undesired impulses onto another |
| rationalization | cognitive reframing of ones perceptions to protect the ego in the face of changing realities |
| reaction formation | the converting of wishes or impulses that are perceived to be dangerous into their opposites |
| regression | reversion to an earlier stage of development in the face of unacceptable impulses |
| repression | blocking of unacceptable impulses from consciousness |
| sublimation | channeling of unacceptable impulses into more acceptable outlets |
| undoing | the attempt to take back behavior or thoughts that are unacceptable |
