Thursday, November 20, 2008

Ego Defense Mechanism

2 comments:

Monty said...

Originally uploaded by Nursing group moderator "Maria" in ScribD...

Credit is due to her

Description

A number of phenomena are used to aid in the maintenance of repression. These are termed Ego Defense Mechanisms (the terms “Mental Mechanisms” and “Defense Mechanisms” are essentially synonymous with this). The primary functions of these mechanisms are:

1. to minimize anxiety
2. to protect the ego
3. to maintain repression

Repression is useful to the individual since:

1. it prevents discomfort
2. it leads to some economy of time and effort

Jayan Chandrasekharan said...

nice post..but a little difficult to read as one has to magnify and then scroll

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