i. PROJECTION—attributing unacceptable thoughts and feelings to someone else: "They don't like me."
ii. REACTION FORMATION—forming good feelings for a tyrant to minimize bullying: the terrorized victim reaction.
iii. INTELLECTUALIZATION—continuing research to find fool-proof solutions, rather than taking a chance at failure.
iv. DISPLACEMENT—prejudice, racism. Sarcasm and cynicism are frequently used in expressions of superiority over others.
5. REPRESSION—This is the final evasion of problem solving and the most severe. It is a denial mechanism that involves blocking from consciousness that the problem ever existed.
Problem Solving Evasions.
1. ANGER.
i. Tears.
ii. Rage.
2. REGRESSION—"If things were only just like the Good Ole Days."