Primary succession on Rangitoto Island. Primary succession is one of two types of biological and ecological succession of plant life, occurring in an environment in which new substrate devoid of vegetation and other organisms usually lacking soil, such as a lava flow or area left from retreated glacier, is deposited.n primary succession pioneer species like lichen, algae and fungi as well as other abiotic factors like wind and water start to normalize the habitat. Primary succession begins on rock formations, such as volcanoes or mountains, or in a place with no organisms or soil.
The ego-defensive function refers to holding attitudes that protect our self-esteem or that justify actions that make us feel guilty. For example, one way children might defend themselves against the feelings of humiliation they have experienced in P.E. lessons is to adopt a strongly negative attitude to all sport. The ego-defensive function refers to holding attitudes that protect our self-esteem or that justify actions that make us feel guilty.
which component of the personality uses defense mechanisms and why the ego uses defense mechanisms to prevent excessive anxiety which of the following correctly defines the defense mechanism of displacement an impulse is redirected from the source of anxiety to a more acceptable source which of the following correctly defines the defense mechanism of projection unacceptable impulses are attributed to others which of the following correctly defines the defense mechanism of regression retreating to an earlier, safer stage of development which of the following correctly defines the defense mechanism of repression (denial)