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The Psychology of Self-Deception

Author: Neel Burton
Acheron Press: 2012

This is not quite as massive as it may seem - there are many chapters but most of them are brief.

  1. Denial
  2. Repression
  3. Anger
  4. Dissociation
  5. Intellectualization
  6. Rationalization
  7. Positive Illusions
  8. The Manic Defense
  9. Depression
  10. Displacement
  11. Somatization
  12. Reaction Formation
  13. Minimization
  14. Symbolization
  15. Reification
  16. Vagueness
  17. Inauthenticity
  18. Reconstruction of Reality
  19. Confabulation
  20. Splitting
  21. Dehumanization
  22. Daydreaming
  23. Regression
  24. Socialization
  25. Garrulousness
  26. Dramatization
  27. Grandiosity
  28. Humor
  29. Asceticism
  30. Sublimation
  31. Altruism
  32. Anticipation
  33. Fear and Anxiety
  34. Projection
  35. Projective Identification
  36. Idealization
  37. Devaluation
  38. Identification