Defense mechanisms are cognitive processes that function to protect the individual from excessive anxiety or other negative emotions. They also protect the person from loss of self-esteem and, in the extreme, the loss of self-integration. Although past critics questioned the existence of defense mech...
As individual progress through the emotional struggles of meditation this insight may provide trouble in interpretation as the ego and defense mechanisms begin to change. This place is on the cusp of linear and Kairos times because it is between the steps of verbalization and silence. The ego...
Continuing this exploration of difficulties encountered in planning complex projects, I turn now to internal causes of trouble, namely, patterns in the way we think when we're constructing plans. Magical number 7 In one of most-cited papers in the entirety of the psychology literature, George Mi...
Describe the five defense mechanisms used by enablers and co-dependents. How do these mechanisms hamper interventions in crisis situations? What are the strengths and limitations for using James Marcia's Categories of Identity? What are the strengths and weaknesses ...
When observing another person’s behavior, try and view the situation from that individual’s perspective. When listening to excuses for at-risk behavior, see yourself in the same predicament. Imagine the defense mechanisms you might use to protect your ego or self-esteem. And when considering ...
It’s about risk management. It’s about cost benefit analysis. You kids at ZFO don’t get it. Your philosophy rejects the existence of market forces and the nature of psychology. Any theory of how IT security should work must work with those mechanisms, not against them. There’s no re...