iii. INTELLECTUALIZATION -- continuing research to find fool-proof

solutions, rather than taking a chance at failure.

iv. DISPLACEMENT -- prejudice, racism. Sarcasm and cynicism are frequently used in expressions of superiority over others.

5. REPRESSION -- This is the final evasion of problem solving and the most severe. It is a denial mechanism that involves blocking from consciousness that the problem ever existed.

Problem Solving Evasions.

1. ANGER. i. Tears. ii. Rage. 2. REGRESSION -- "If things were only just like the Good Ole Days." 3. DISTORTION.