Chapter 10.Conflict and Compromise
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This chapter introduces readers to the concepts of conflict and compromise. It explores the concept of defense. It also surveys important concepts related to appraisal and defense from neighboring mind sciences. Vocabulary introduced in this chapter includes the following: affect, character, character disorder, compromise/compromise formation, conflict, danger situations, defense, defense mechanism, defensive style, deficit, ego dystonic, ego syntonic, intersystemic conflict, intrasystemic conflict, mentalization, metacognition, observing ego, reflective function, signal affect/signal anxiety, and somatic marker hypothesis.
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