defense mechanisms

Freud and Personality Id- Ego- Superego- Defense Mechanisms DEFENSE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE denial arguing against an anxiety provoking stimuli by stating it doesn't exist denying that your physician's diagnosis of cancer is correct and seeking a second opinion displacement taking out impulses on a less threatening target slamming a door instead of hitting as person, yelling at your spouse after an argument with your boss intellectualization avoiding unacceptable emotions by focusing on the intellectual aspects focusing on the details of a funeral as opposed to the sadness and grief projection placing unacceptable impulses in yourself onto someone else when losing an argument, you state "You're just Stupid;" homophobia