Assertion: defense mechanism | /r/HasProperty | brought into play
Facets:
value: by the unconscious mind
type: OTHER
value: to manipulate
type: PURPOSE
value: to cope with reality
type: PURPOSE
value: by various entities
type: OTHER
value: by groups
type: OTHER
value: by nations
type: OTHER
value: by individuals
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, defense mechanisms are psychological strategies brought into play by individuals, groups and even nations to cope with reality and to maintain self-image.
text: Defence mechanisms (German: Abwehrmechanismen) are psychological strategies brought into play by the unconscious mind to manipulate, deny, or distort reality in order to defend against feelings of anxiety and unacceptable impulses and to maintain one's self-schema or other schemas.
text: In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, defense mechanisms are unconscious psychological strategies brought into play by various entities to cope with reality and to maintain self-image.
text: To put it into official words, according to psychoanalytic theory, defense mechanisms are psychological strategies brought into play by the unconscious mind to manipulate, deny, or distort reality in order to defend against feelings of anxiety and unacceptable impulses.