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Acting out
1%
2/180
Denial
2%
3/180
Projection
3%
6/180
Regression
0%
0/180
Splitting
93%
167/180
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The girl is demonstrating the immature ego defense of splitting. Ego defenses are unconscious processes that prevent undesirable feelings such as anxiety or depression. Ego defenses are divided into two categories - immature (more primitive) and mature (less primitive). Splitting is an immature ego defense such that one believes that all people are either all good or all bad. This is commonly seen in people with borderline personality disorder. Burland discusses splitting in the context of childhood abuse. These children use splitting to help them compartmentalize and sequester those negative events in their life. Otherwise, if they did not do so, some slight traumatic experience could cause them to relive those painful memories all over again. Finzi et al. review the ego defenses amongst children that are abused, neglected, and non-maltreated. They found that children who were abused and neglected as compared to non-abused/neglected children scored higher for ego defenses for regression, denial, splitting, and projection. Incorrect Answers: Answer 1: Acting out is an immature ego defense such that one uses actions to express unacceptable feelings and thoughts. Answer 2: Denial is an immature ego defense such that one exhibits avoidance of awareness of some painful reality. Answer 3: Projection is an immature ego defense such that one attributes unacceptable internal feelings to an external source. Answer 4: Regression is an immature ego defense such that one reverts to more childlike behavior.
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