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Repression-Sensitization
Medical Definition: | Defense mechanisms involving approach and avoidance responses to threatening stimuli. The sensitizing process involves intellectualization in approaching or controlling the stimulus whereas repression involves unconscious denial in avoiding the stimulus. |
Guide Notes: | no qualif |
Also Called: | Repression-Sensitization Scales |
Previously Indexed: | Repression (1966-1970) |
Repression-Sensitization Medical Definitions and Terms
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