CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Repression is the unconscious blocking of unpleasant emotions, impulses, memories, and thoughts from your conscious mind. First described by Sigmund Freud, the purpose of this defense mechanism is to try to minimize feelings of guilt and anxiety.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -Suppression involves consciously pushing distressing thoughts, emotions, or memories or unacceptable urges or desires out of awareness. Repression also pushes those inner experiences out of awareness, but it happens automatically and unconsciously.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dissociation defense mechanism examples A doctor’s parents pressured her into her profession, even though she dreamed of being an athlete. She dissociates by daydreaming about athleticism instead of acknowledging the career turmoil she is experiencing.