Freudian Defense Mechanisms (Intro Psych Tutorial

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In this video I describe several of the defense mechanisms theorized by Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna Freud. These defense mechanisms provide ways of coping with anxiety, which could be reality anxiety, neurotic anxiety, or moral anxiety. While these defense mechanisms can easily be applied to everyday behaviors, literary or historical figures, or even oneself, it's important to remember that this doesn't mean these are necessarily correct explanations.
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  • @mattgarner1109
    @mattgarner11093 жыл бұрын

    I propose that language and verbal speaking is a defense mechanism. It creates structure and order, words have symbolic meaning and provide some sense of certainty that the mind can cling to in order to have some subjective sense of control. A cognitive countermeasure to the limbic system.

  • @Ostipherous

    @Ostipherous

    Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting perspective. You may be on to something.

  • @Rizzberry89
    @Rizzberry892 жыл бұрын

    A clear and concise description. Very helpful to have examples given with these, thanks!

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @cheskajoyce541
    @cheskajoyce541 Жыл бұрын

    I've had a hard time comprehending this for a long time but your video made it pretty clear to me in no time. Thank you for your explanation.

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome, glad I could help!

  • @MichaelIgnat
    @MichaelIgnat Жыл бұрын

    Easy to understand and very helpful

  • @rupamprashar2861
    @rupamprashar28613 жыл бұрын

    It's been a while that I'm following you and trust me, no concept is 100% clear to me unless I'm here😅🌼 Thank You!!

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @trifergd
    @trifergd11 ай бұрын

    I'm taking Psychology 1A and I really enjoyed hearing your descriptive and comprehensible ways of explaining this concept to me. Very clear examples, Thank You.

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    11 ай бұрын

    You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it!

  • @sarasalah4745
    @sarasalah47454 жыл бұрын

    Helpful and concise👍🏽

  • @sankhayanbhaumik6452
    @sankhayanbhaumik64523 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much sir for a comprehensive analysis.....

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @DarkWingDuck703
    @DarkWingDuck70311 ай бұрын

    Damn this was solid brother good job 👍🏼

  • @carolzenteno1737
    @carolzenteno1737 Жыл бұрын

    I am working on my paper and this information helped me a lot. Thank you!

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @BALAKRISHNAN-up4sp
    @BALAKRISHNAN-up4sp5 жыл бұрын

    A lucid presentation. Thank you boss

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    5 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @nagarajchillakur3345
    @nagarajchillakur33454 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful. Could you please tell me the book title that has complete information about Defense Mechanisms??

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sure, these defense mechanisms were first compiled by Anna Freud, Sigmund Freud's daughter, in her book "The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence". You can find more about the book on its Amazon page here: amzn.to/3ckkqgj

  • @mrsantosguidance4663
    @mrsantosguidance46633 жыл бұрын

    thanks thanks for this... very helpful...

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @User-np5jc
    @User-np5jc8 ай бұрын

    Which book are you using? Very well explained!

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks! These videos follow the content of a psychology guidebook I've written titled "Master Introductory Psychology", which is available on Amazon: amzn.to/48N29Xl

  • @harrietchumba8064
    @harrietchumba80643 жыл бұрын

    Well summerised

  • @mvbpda
    @mvbpda6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much !

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    6 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @qaphelasphamandla4053
    @qaphelasphamandla4053 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @sandyellis6068
    @sandyellis6068 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I’m especially interested in understanding these defence mechanisms in relation to cult members. Why the stay, and why they can remain stagnant even after they leave.

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    Жыл бұрын

    In that case you might also be interested in theories related to cognitive dissonance. There's a book "When Prophecy Fails" which describes how a few researchers infiltrated a doomsday cult to try to understand the thought processes of the members, which I describe briefly in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n3WaudiMZczKo8o.html

  • @maithlinair7161
    @maithlinair7161 Жыл бұрын

    so what’s the difference between projection and displacement when in both cases the individual re directs attention elsewhere?

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    Жыл бұрын

    Projection is more about attributing to others thoughts or feelings that you hold (like accusing someone of not liking you instead of recognizing you don't like them) while displacement is redirecting your actions away from the actual source to something less threatening (such as yelling at children instead of your boss when angry due to work, or slamming a door instead of hitting the person who made you upset). Hope this helps!

  • @justsmashing4628
    @justsmashing46283 жыл бұрын

    Nice précis

  • @raijinthunder9577
    @raijinthunder95774 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much sir!

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @piotr_jurkiewicz
    @piotr_jurkiewicz3 жыл бұрын

    good material

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @fatimaAqadir
    @fatimaAqadir5 жыл бұрын

    Thank u sir.

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    5 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @maisyunmunia8170
    @maisyunmunia81703 жыл бұрын

    Sir the term "projection" anyhow reminds me the word used several times in the movie "inception" while defensing against extraction. Can we just relate those terms in reality? Or toatally different?

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    3 жыл бұрын

    The use of the term in the film is fictional and isn't directly related to the defense mechanism, but it does demonstrate that a lot of psychoanalytic-sounding terms are common in popular culture when describing psychological ideas. So it's common to see terms like defense mechanism, repression, denial, complexes, ego, subconscious, etc. used in tv and film, even if the use doesn't match the original meaning or theory.

  • @maisyunmunia8170

    @maisyunmunia8170

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PsychExamReview Thank you!

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@maisyunmunia8170 You're welcome!

  • @kkiaora
    @kkiaora4 жыл бұрын

    Hello can u give me some example of deni and reaction formation

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sure, denial refers to denying the existence of the thoughts that cause anxiety, while reaction formation refers to having the opposite thoughts of those that cause anxiety. A simple real-life example might be a young boy not admitting to himself that he likes a girl in his class (denial) or claiming that he hates her or that she is ugly (reaction formation). Of course, these examples are just to illustrate the Freudian concepts, not meant to be modern psychological explanations of behavior :)

  • @rakibtonmoy242
    @rakibtonmoy242 Жыл бұрын

    Can I assume that this theory is somewhat logical and is this theory accepted in contemporary psychology? Is it valid?

  • @ghaidah3215
    @ghaidah3215 Жыл бұрын

    Is denial involve daydream and fantasy?

  • @joshq2151
    @joshq21513 жыл бұрын

    Is compartmentalization another way to describe repression?

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    3 жыл бұрын

    Compartmentalization is a different proposed defense mechanism. It's more about keeping conflicting thoughts isolated from one another, though both may still be able to be brought into consciousness. This is different from repression which would make the thoughts unconscious. Hope this helps!

  • @joshq2151

    @joshq2151

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PsychExamReview Thank you!

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@joshq2151 You're welcome!

  • @roxrocks7023
    @roxrocks70232 жыл бұрын

    my sister is Very Defensive. Can see her in almost the specific points you discussed. makes it hard to hold a healthy conversation with her.

  • @jeffm.915
    @jeffm.9153 жыл бұрын

    Damn he's hot. LOL! Nicely explained.

  • @oakleywyatt1717
    @oakleywyatt171711 ай бұрын

    Did anyone else reach the 6:10 mark and think oh god this is me right now

  • @Saturniid.

    @Saturniid.

    2 ай бұрын

    Mhm xd Regarding what do you do it?

  • @brianmagati9528
    @brianmagati9528 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 👍 17:40

  • @imratih
    @imratih3 жыл бұрын

    Well done. I'm also DONE w his handsomeness. Thank you

  • @PsychExamReview

    @PsychExamReview

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @leojablonski2309
    @leojablonski2309 Жыл бұрын

    😮

  • @Lucy-yg4qb
    @Lucy-yg4qb3 жыл бұрын

    Although I was able to follow, you seem to talk really fast.

  • @kwalombo_ta
    @kwalombo_ta4 жыл бұрын

    "According to freud" 😅

  • @sarfarazali279
    @sarfarazali2793 жыл бұрын

    Damn this guy destroyed the str@99ots...chile..anyways 👁👄👁💅

  • @VaultDwellerAlex
    @VaultDwellerAlex8 ай бұрын

    Freud was a perverted coke addict but it’s hard for me to not admire parts of his work