Question
What are defense mechanisms?

Answer

Characteristics of individuals with Type A personality by Friedman and Roseman:
  1. High motivation.
  2. Lack of patience.
  3. Feel short of time.
  4. Be in a great hurry.
  5. Feels like always burdened with work.
  6. Finds it difficult to slow down and relax.
  7. More susceptible to hypertension and Coronary Heart Disease Heart Discase (CHD).
Alternate Answer
Defense Mechanism by Sigmund Freud:-
Definition: It is a way of reducing anxiety by distorting reality. It functions unconsciously. It defends ego against awareness of instinctual needs.
Repression, Projection, Denial, Reaction formation, Rationalisation.

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