This document discusses psychological defense mechanisms. It defines defense mechanisms as unconscious strategies used to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings. The main defense mechanisms discussed are aggression, compensation, identification, realization, displacement, repression, projection, and denial. Aggression refers to attacking behavior used to deal with frustration. Projection involves displacing unwanted feelings onto others where they appear as external threats. Compensation involves using strengths in one area to balance deficiencies in another. Denial blocks awareness of external events. Displacement involves transferring emotions from their original object to a new one.

1. SOHAIL AHAMED
Enrol. No. GG-9839
Roll No. 17-BEDW-30
B.Ed. 2nd Semester
Mr. ASRAFUL ISLAM ANSARI
Assistant Professor
Department Of Education
AMUCM
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2. DEFENSE MECHANISM
 Defense Mechanisms are psychological
strategies that are unconsciously used to
protect a person from anxiety arising from
unacceptable thoughts or feelings.
 We use defense mechanisms –
-to minimize anxiety (A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease)
-to protect the ego (Sense of self-esteem or self-importance.)
-to maintain repression(The action of subduing someone or something
by force.)

3. DEFENSE MECHANISM

4. EXAMPLES OF DEFENSES
MECHANISMS
There are a large number of defense
mechanisms; the main ones are summarized
below-
1. AGGRESSION
2. COMPENSATION
3. IDENTIFICATION
4. REALIZATION
5. DISPLACEMENT
6. REPRESSION
7. PROJECTION
8. DENIAL

5. AGGRESSION
Aggression refers to forceful attacking activity that
can be in the form of either physical, verbal or
symbol. It arises from frustration where the
individual attempts or destroy the source of
frustration.
For Example- The boy who is insulted by his friend
attacks him physically.

6. PROJECTION
Projection is a form of defense in which unwanted feelings
are displaced onto another person, where they then appear
as a threat from the external world

7. COMPENSATION
In this mechanism, an individual tries to
balance or cover up his deficiency in one field by
exhibiting his strength in another field.
For example-A boy who is poor in academic may
save his self-esteem by distinguishing himself in
athletics.

8. DENIAL
Anna Freud (1936) proposed denial involves
blocking external events from awareness.
For Example- smokers may refuse
to admit to themselves that smoking is bad for
their health.

10. DISPLACEMENT