Question- What do you mean by defence mechanism ?

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Explain the protection process with in the defence system.

Answer-

Defence Mechanism - When frustration arises inside a person so naturally anxiety arises in him. In this stage, he protects his ego with the help of mental constructs.

According to Coleman : "Type of reaction designed to maintain the individual feelings of adequacy and worth rather than to cope directly with the stress situation, usually unconscious and reality distorting."

According to J. F. Brown : "The mechanisms has various conscious or unconscious processes where by the conflict situation in eliminated or reduced in is severity."

Protection Procedures : When a person faces any obstacle in the fulfillment of his desire first of all he tries hard. When he sees that nothing is getting done by trying, he lowers his goal some what. If this also does not happen, then he makes a substitute target, but when he does not succeed in this too, he takes refuge in conservation procedures. Some people do not aim for failure and go straight to conservation procedures.

Ex. : A young man wants to become an all India player of cricket and he works hard but still his aspiration is not fulfilled. So he would leave the sport and takes part in competitions for a good job. He thinks it is useless to waste time in cricket. it gives respect only. Cricket will not give bread. After all you have to work. Its good that left myself etc. under example, both error correction and rationalization. Following are the conservation procedure.

As Conservation Procedures : They are as under :

(1) Projection : When we fail in some work, we put the blame on others. For example, the student blames the examiner on failure. It is the projection of one's.

(2) Rationalisation : When we get unsatisfied reason for our failures and then we think that whatever happened, happened for good.

(3) Compensation : When a person fails in one direction, he makes up for his luck in another.

(4) Identification : Sometimes people do not do any work themselves but are happy with the action of others.

(5) Introspection : This is the antithesis process of launch. Under this we see our point of view in others. Under this, we see the desires and thoughts of others in ourselves.

(6) Regression : There are some people who, when they fail, start behaving like children. This is reflection. It is a way to escape from the conflict.

(7) Displacement : Under this, the response where it should be shown. It is not shown there and is shown else where.

(8) Repression : When we do not satisfied with any desire, many people suppress it. That desire does not go away by suppressing it, but it stays in the unconscious mind and tries to express by some indirect means, that is repression.

From the above description, it is clear that some of these prevent mental illness, but some tend to increase it. Most are helpful in protecting flawed mental health. The launch continues try to shirk its responsibilities. There is no equal loss from rationalization. Rather, it maintains satisfaction. But excessive rationalization deceives itself.

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