One of Freud’s legacies was his identification of defense mechanisms. This is a construct that we can all relate to because we have all used at least a few of these defense mechanisms at one time or another in our lives. After reading Chapter 2 in your text, write the following two-part paper:
Part 1:
- Define defense mechanisms in your own words.
- Why do we use them? What benefits do we get from employing defense mechanisms?
- What is the negative side of using defense mechanisms?
Part 2:
- Choose five defense mechanisms that you have personally used or have seen another person use, and cover the following points for each:
- Describe the defense mechanism.
- What benefit comes from employing the specific defense mechanism?
- Give a specific example of a time that you have either used it or seen another person use it.
- What was the outcome of using this defense mechanism in your example?
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