| Term | Definition |
| Defenses | When you are in a situation where there is Incongruity between your image of yourself, and your immediate experience, ie between the ideal self & the real self. We use defenses. Defenses means running psychologically. Defenses are used in the Gap between |
| Rogers two defenses | Denial, perceptual distortion. |
| Subception | A pushing down of realization. Everytime we use a defense we put a greater distance between the |
| Fully Functioning person | The you that if all goes well you will become ie. Fully Functioning person - a process not a state of being. Motivated in a direction not a destination. The individual comes to be in awareness what she is in experience. |
| Self Discrepancy / Incongruence | Defense mechanism used to protect in the Gap between " I Am " and " I Should" |