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Defense Mechanisms
Identify the defense mechanism being used in the following statements.
- 1. After a fight with her husband, Nancy finds herself yelling at her children.
- 2. Mark did not study for his test, but he says that his low test grade is due to the unfair test questions.
- 3. Mary complains all the time that she hates people who gossip, but she spends hours on the phone talking about all of her friends lives.
- 4. During an argument, Susan's mother told her that she would never be worth anything. When Susan reminds her of this years later, however, her mother cannot recall having ever said anything like this.
- 5. Lisa got pregnant when she was very young and became a single parent. Unconsciously she feels very resentful about her responsibilities toward her children, but she is overly affectionate and loving toward her child.
- 6. Mark is cheating on his girlfriend. However, he looks all over the house for evidence of his girlfriend being unfaithful to him.
- 7. J. M. Barry was a famous author who had been emotionally abused by his mother during childhood. He never confronted her, but he spent his adult life writing many stories and plays about sons growing up and killing their mothers.
- 8. Marsha asked her husband to watch the children one night a week while she went back to school; he reluctantly agreed but was privately against it. On the night of her 1st class, he "forgot" to come home on time.
- 9. Cole engages in unprotected sex. When his friends ask him about his fear of contracting a STD, he states, that there really isn't much danger, people just say things to scare you.
- 10. Tim is constantly angry at his girlfriend. Many nights he cannot sleep because of his emotions, however, he never really allows himself to acknowledge or voice his anger.
- 11. Iris is a famous scientist who researches the biological origins of homosexuality. She has her own homosexual tendencies, but she will not act on them due to moral beliefs.
- 12. Kyle gets in an argument with a co-worker, leaves the office gets in his car and starts driving recklessly by speeding and intentionally cutting people off.
- 13. After Katlin's new baby sister was born, she began wetting the bed and talking baby talk.
- 14. Chris feels that his son, Jack, is unattractive. He accuses his wife of picking on Jack and favoring her other son.
- 15. Bridget was date raped. A friend was present and was aware of the assault but was unable to stop it. When Bridget is questioned about the incident, she says that she does not remember anything about it.
- 16. Terry borrowed money from Sue. Although she could now pay it back, Terry states that she doesn't owe Sue the money, because Sue cheated on her income taxes.
- 17. Dan hits a Mercedes Benz in the parking lot. There were no witnesses so he decides not to leave a note. He tells himself that if a person has enough money to buy a Mercedes Benz, then they must have enough money to fix it.
- 18. Barbara was homesick when she moved into the dormitory the first year of college. She began to sleep with a teddy bear because it made her feel better.
- 19. All of Joshua's friends have told him that his girlfriend is seeing another man. He has found letters in her apartment but refuses to believe that she may be having an affair.
- 20.Todd behaves like a stereotypical macho man, but he is actually insecure about his manliness.
- 21. Max saw his mother repeatedly physically assaulted by his father when he was a child. He grew up extremely angry about the happenings that occurred in his childhood, but he never confronted his father. He began boxing and adopted it as a profession.
listservs
Movies
Newsletters
Personality Zone Newsletter I am not sure how reliable this one is, but it gives some interesting information about celebrities that may be discussed in class.--submitted by Amy Sweetman--
Online Activities
http://www.selectsmart.com/
This is a site that allows students or anyone to create their own online questionnaires and it has lots of already developed online questionnaires ranging from ridiculous- what type of pirate/ prostitute are you to more serious- spiritual belief selector quiz and practical- what type of running shoe is best for you? An interesting assignment for class would be to have students create their own creative personality quiz. The site will then create a link for them to post their quiz. It could also be used as a final review activity for your classes.
Have each student create cummulative online review questions for different parts of the class then post the links all in one place-- Wallah a class generated online cumulative review.
Online Articles
Online Videos
Poems and stories
Questionaires
quotes
Songs
- Robyn Hitchcock's Uncorrected Personality Traits
- Shiny, Happy People–R.E.M.
- Mother–Pink Floyd [Freud]
- Who Are You?–The Who
- Mother—Tori Amos
- Cult of Personality—Living Color
- Oedipus Rex - Tom Lehrer
- Perfect - Alanis Morisette
- Hazard to Myself- Pink- Demonstrates Social Learning Principles- Self-analysis
- Complicated - Avril Lavigne
- Self-Esteem - The Offspring
- Bitch- Merideth Brooks
Technology resources
Websites
http://PersonalityPedagogy.Arcadia.edu
Personality Pedagogy is a “wiki” for the teaching of personality psychology at all levels: high school, undergraduate, and graduate. Currently the site features annotated, high-quality links related to all major topics within personality psychology (e.g. Freud, Evolutionary perspective, Identity, Attachment theory, Skinner, Physiology, Rogers, etc.) and resources to enhance your course including lecture outlines, lecture slides, video and audio clips, examples and illustrations, personality tests, and researchers and research labs.
'-An absolutely amazing resource-- submitted by Amy Sweetman-'
