3. DISTORTION.
i. PROJECTION—Attributing one's own feelings to someone else: "He hates me."
ii. REACTION FORMATION—Adopting favorable emotions toward an abusive-domineering bully. "If I love the terrorist, maybe he won't hurt me."
iii. INTELLECTUALIZATION—"I'll wait until it is totally safe before I do anything. I'll continue to research the problem."
iv. DISPLACEMENT—racial prejudice, cynicism, sarcasm.
4. REPRESSION—"This is now not important enough to spend time on. I can't even remember why it was once important."
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Interpersonal Problem Solving.
1. Aristotle. Rhetoric and the Poetics. F. Solmsen, ed. New York: The Modern Library, 1954.
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2. Magid, Ken and Carole A. McKelvey. High Risk: Children without a Conscience. New York: Bantam Books, 1987.
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