Idealization and devaluation

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Psychoanalytic theory posits that an individual unable to integrate difficult feelings mobilizes specific defenses to overcome these feelings, which the individual perceives to be unbearable. The defense that effects (brings about) this process is called splitting. Splitting is the tendency to view events or people as either all bad or all good. When viewing people as all good, the individual is said to be using the defense mechanism idealization: a mental mechanism in which the person attributes exaggeratedly positive qualities to the self or others. When viewing people as all bad, the individual employs devaluation: attributing exaggeratedly negative qualities to the self or others.

Idealization and devaluation - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Psychological defense mechanism "Idealization" and "Idealisation" redirect here. For the term used in the philosophy of science, see Idealization (philosophy of science) . For the term used in sociology, see Idealization (sociology) . For another related sociological concept, see ideal type . For the algebra term, see principle of idealization . Psychoanalytic theory posits that an individual unable to integrate difficult feelings mobilizes specific defenses to overcome these feelings, which the indi

Idealization and devaluation

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