Defense Processes Can Be Conscious or Unconscious

Comments on an article by P. Cramer (see record 2000-15774-007) which discussed renewed interest in the concept of defense mechanisms. The author dissents from two proposals made by Cramer: (1) that defense mechanisms are used nonintentionally and (2) that they are necessarily unconscious processes....

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Published in:The American psychologist 2001-09, Vol.56 (9), p.761-762
Main Author: Erdelyi, Matthew Hugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adjustment
Awareness
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Defense Mechanisms
Developmental Psychology
Freud (Sigmund)
Freudian Theory
Human
Humans
Personality
Repression, Psychology
Social Psychology
Stress
Unconscious (Personality Factor)
Unconscious (Psychology)
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Summary:Comments on an article by P. Cramer (see record 2000-15774-007) which discussed renewed interest in the concept of defense mechanisms. The author dissents from two proposals made by Cramer: (1) that defense mechanisms are used nonintentionally and (2) that they are necessarily unconscious processes. It is argued that Sigmund Freud's position—that defense, including repression, could be conscious or unconscious—is the viable position. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/0003-066X.56.9.761