Intellectualization
We may try to cope with some problem and wind up overplaying objectivity. Intellectualization is the defensive. maneuve'r by which the person tries to remain untouched emotionally by some threatening event; he becomes overly analytical and detached. Science students sometimes fati prey to this mechanism because it is an extension of the objectivity they are taught to value. The unattractive person who is not sought after by the opposite sex may intellectualize his or her position by an attitude of staying free by remaining detached.
