CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Example: Jacob cannot remember certain painful memories as a child. To protect himself, he unconsciously represses these memories from his consciousness. Instead, he displays anxious behaviors toward other items that he associates with these original painful memories.

Detailed explanation-2: -Repression: Subconsciously blocking ideas or impulses that are undesirable. This defense mechanism may be present in someone who has no recollection of a traumatic event, even though they were conscious and aware during the event.

Detailed explanation-3: -The phenomenon of “condensation” according to Freud is the result of two or more incidents of displacement. Freud viewed displacement as a form of dream-distortion: substituting an illusion for something real and substantial or a shifting of focus from something important to something less important.

Detailed explanation-4: -Denial. You can consider this the “generic” defense mechanism because it underlies many of the others. When you use denial, you simply refuse to accept the truth or reality of a fact or experience.