A study of 32 Ss was undertaken to relate the cognitive control of scanning to the defense mechanism of isolation. A significant relationship between the Rorschach signs of isolation and selected tests for scanning was obtained. Common areas of response were noted on the Rorschach among scanners and isolators. Findings were related to some theoretical tenets of psychoanalytic ego psychology.
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