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2 What is the difference between repression and suppression?

Repression involves unconsciously pushing unwanted thoughts or feelings into the subconscious. Suppression, on the other hand, is a conscious effort to push these same thoughts or feelings away.


Give you an example sentence with the word repression in it?

The psychologist identified signs of emotional repression in the patient, as they exhibited difficulty expressing their feelings and emotions freely.


What is the difference between repression and unconscious?

Unconscious means that you have no consciousness of your personal state of mind and there are different degrees that apply, You will not be aware of your existence or control your bodily functions, but you can have light or deep unconsciousness and anywhere in between. Some people would consider a semi-consciousness condition to be when you are asleep. A deep coma can remain for years. Repression has nothing directly to do with the above. It would generally inferred that this is a conscious mental attempt to prevent any attempt to alter ones state of mind. It is also related, often, to depression. One can be aware of both states of mind and they can intermingle. Repression can be exercised by one person on the state of another individual. It is normally connected with an unhappy state of mind. A lot of information regarding the above by consulting a good dictionary and for some conditions a medical encyclopedia


What are some examples of a defense mechanism?

Some examples of defense mechanisms include denial (refusing to accept reality), projection (attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts or feelings to someone else), and repression (unconsciously blocking out painful or anxiety-inducing thoughts or memories).


What is unconscious repression?

Unconscious repression is a defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, emotions, or memories are pushed out of the conscious mind and stored in the unconscious to avoid dealing with them. This process helps protect the individual from experiencing distress or anxiety associated with the repressed material.

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2 What is the difference between repression and suppression?

Repression involves unconsciously pushing unwanted thoughts or feelings into the subconscious. Suppression, on the other hand, is a conscious effort to push these same thoughts or feelings away.


What part of speech is the word repression?

The word repression is a noun. It is the act of repressing.


What is the definition of crime repression?

Definition criminal repression


What repression does in your minds?

Explain in one sentence what Repression does in our mind.


What methods of dealing with cultural uncertainty is the least successful?

REPRESSION


What is repression in health?

Repression is the process by which people hold back and do not express their true inner feelings


What is the side affect of morphine giving patient with advance cancer?

supression of respiration..


What did Leon Trotsky believe about repression to preserve a revolution?

Leon Trotsky believed that a revolutionary movement, once in power had to deal with the question of repression. For Trotsky the form of repression or the degree of repression was not one involved with principles. It was a matter of expediency.


Which of these terms refers to hiding of emotional conflicts within a person?

repression...aplus


What was similar between the Red Scare following World War 1 and the Cold War following World War 2?

fear of communism led to the supression of the civil liberties of some americans


Give you an example sentence with the word repression in it?

The psychologist identified signs of emotional repression in the patient, as they exhibited difficulty expressing their feelings and emotions freely.


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