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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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