PRIMITIVE DEFENSE MECHANISM

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N., Pam M.S.
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Psychoanalytically, the theory of protection against anxiety connected with the death instinct. Primitive defense mechanism have been identified as such tactics as denial, splitting and idealization.

PRIMITIVE DEFENSE MECHANISM: "Protection is a primitive defense mechanism in psychoanalytical theory."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. PARANOID-SCHIZOID POSITION
  2. SAFETY DEVICE
  3. ANNIHILATION
  4. DEFENSE MECHANISM
  5. DUAL INSTINCT THEORY
  6. SPLITTING
  7. MIDDLE KNOWLEDGE
  8. PART-OBJECT
  9. DESTRUDO
  10. PROJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION 1
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "PRIMITIVE DEFENSE MECHANISM," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/primitive-defense-mechanism/ (accessed February 15, 2020).
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