Perceptual Defense Mechanisms

1
Perceptual Defense Mechanisms
Human/Labor Relations

• Coping with Anxiety and Frustration

2
Denial
Human/Labor Relations

• Failing or refusing to acknowledge something bad
  about ourselves.

Repression
Unconsciously self-censoring painful feelings or
memories.
3
Rationalization
Human/Labor Relations

• Giving a false but plausible reason for a feeling
  or occurrence.

Regression
Reverting to an earlier in life, less mature
pattern of behavior.
4
Scapegoating
Human/Labor Relations

• Believing that failures or inadequacies are the
  fault of others.

Projection
Others, but not ourselves, have the undesireable
traits or impulses.
5
Displacement
Human/Labor Relations

• Transferring frustration to less threatening
  people or objects.

Sublimation
Redirecting energy from basic drives to more
acceptable behaviors.
6
Compensation
Human/Labor Relations

• Relieving feelings of inadequacy by excelling at
  something else.