NU160 Exam 1 – Questions With Guaranteed
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vagus nerve stimulation
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1 compensation 2 VNS
3 reaction formation 4 Disassociation
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Terms in this set (82)
something given to make up for something
compensation
Ex: one who think she cant sing so she studies to be
am expert pianist
, channeling unbearable anxieties into body signs
and symptoms
Conversion
ex: a boy who kicks an injured animal develops a
limp
denial refusing to believe or even perceive painful realities
redirecting energies to another object or person
displacement
ex: Child covered in chocolate wont admit to eating
the candy
separation of emotions from situations. isolations of
painful anxieties
Disassociation
Ex: a soldier casually describes the battle at which
he lost his leg
distortion of unacceptable wishes, behaviors
fantasy
ex: a teenager who does poorly in school
daydreams about owning his own jet
taking on personal characteristics of admired
identification
person to conceal own feelings of unadequacy
Focusing of attention on technical or logical aspects
of threatening situation
intellectualization
ex: a wife described the details of nurses
unsuccessful attempts to prevent the death of her
husband
separation from others; aloneness
isolation
Ex: a soldier humorously describes how he was
seriously wounded in the war
putting of ones unacceptable thoughts, wishes and
emotions onto others
projection
Ex: A woman is afraid to leave her house bc she
knows others with ridicule her
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Practice questions for this set
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vagus nerve stimulation
Choose an answer
1 compensation 2 VNS
3 reaction formation 4 Disassociation
Don't know?
Terms in this set (82)
something given to make up for something
compensation
Ex: one who think she cant sing so she studies to be
am expert pianist
, channeling unbearable anxieties into body signs
and symptoms
Conversion
ex: a boy who kicks an injured animal develops a
limp
denial refusing to believe or even perceive painful realities
redirecting energies to another object or person
displacement
ex: Child covered in chocolate wont admit to eating
the candy
separation of emotions from situations. isolations of
painful anxieties
Disassociation
Ex: a soldier casually describes the battle at which
he lost his leg
distortion of unacceptable wishes, behaviors
fantasy
ex: a teenager who does poorly in school
daydreams about owning his own jet
taking on personal characteristics of admired
identification
person to conceal own feelings of unadequacy
Focusing of attention on technical or logical aspects
of threatening situation
intellectualization
ex: a wife described the details of nurses
unsuccessful attempts to prevent the death of her
husband
separation from others; aloneness
isolation
Ex: a soldier humorously describes how he was
seriously wounded in the war
putting of ones unacceptable thoughts, wishes and
emotions onto others
projection
Ex: A woman is afraid to leave her house bc she
knows others with ridicule her
