1. creating reasonable and acceptable explanations for unacceptable behavior

Ex: A young adult explains he had to drive home from a party after drinking

alcohol because he had to feed his dog.

- rationalization

2. Dealing with anxiety by reaching out to others.

Ex: a nurse who lost a family member in a fire is a volunteer firefighter

- Altruism

3. Dealing with unacceptable feelings or impulses by unconsciously substitute

acceptable forms of expression.

Ex: a person who has feelings of anger and hostility toward his work supervisor

sublimates those feelings by working out vigorously at the gym during his lunch

period

- Sublimation

4. demonstrating an inability to reconcile negative and positive attributes of self or

others

Ex: a client tells a nurse that she is the only one who cares about her, yet the

following day the same client refuses to talk to the nurse

- splitting

5. Electrical stimulus time vs seizure time

- 0.2-0.8 for electrical stimulus

25-60 for seizure activity