Defense mechanisms
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Explain how defense mechanisms relate to anxiety.
Select one primitive and immature defense mechanism and one mature defense mechanism.
Describe each of these mechanisms.
Indicate why people might use each mechanism.
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This solution discusses the ways in which defense mechanisms relate to anxiety, primitive and immature defense mechanisms and mature defense mechanisms. The explanation is given in 341 words.
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According to Freud psychologically healthy individuals develop strong egos that can strongly mange the demands of the id and the superego, (two of the three components of personality). However in some circumstances the ego may rely on defense mechanisms to cope with the internal conflict or with the demands from the environment which can cause anxiety. Freud believed that defending yourself against your anxieties are strong determinants of your overall personality. It answers the questions: How do you cope? How do you psychologically ...
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