Defence Mechanism in Psychology

General psychology

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Describe one situation in which you have used defence mechanism.....................................3
Explain one situation in which someone know was facing defence mechanism...................3
Write about stress coping strategy..........................................................................................3
Identify the problem which was solved mechanically and understanding.............................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Defence mechanism is considered to be an unconscious psychological mechanism with the
help of which the anxiety can be reduced which arises due to unfavourable and unacceptable
situation that an individual has to face (Fordham, M., 2018). Such mechanism may result in a
healthy or unhealthy behaviour which is dependent upon the frequency of the mechanism used.
With the help of these mechanisms an individual aims to manipulate the situation by avoiding it
or denying it. In this report various such mechanisms are used in different situation.
Describe one situation in which you have used defence mechanism
During my university course I appeared in my semester exam and for which I did not
appeared with the dedication which was required. Due to this I could not score much as I was
expecting and was very upset. To deal with this I blamed my professors and the question paper
that they did not guided us towards the topic in that detail as it was asked in the question paper.
This situation reflects the applicability of defence mechanism in which I refuse to accept the
reality (Gleser, G.C. and Ihilevich, D., 2020).
Explain one situation in which someone know was facing defence mechanism
While I and my friend were working on a project with the entire team we had to give a
presentation before the managers for the approval to proceed with the project but they denied and
they found some loopholes in our planning regarding various techniques. Due to this, my friend
got annoyed and angry as she felt they do same with our team every time but she could react
upon this in the office. To get over her anger and frustration she shouted at me and we had a
fight. Here, the displacement defence mechanism is used by her with which she could reduce the
impact of external event (Kramers-Olen, A., 2019).
Write about stress coping strategy
Various circumstances that threaten or perceived to threaten the well-being are: An
individual faces various situations which can either be favourable or unfavourable but can cause