S Your new gas furnace may have been installed in one of two. ways, as a direct-vent (2-pipe-Fig. 2) application or as a. non-direct vent (1-pipe-Fig. 3) application. S In a direct-vent (2-pipe) application,your furnace uses air. from outside the home for combustion and ventsflue gas to the. outdoors.
For the biological concept, see Anti-predator adaptation. A defence mechanism is an unconscious psychological mechanism that reduces anxiety arising from unacceptable or potentially harmful stimuli. Sigmund Freud was one of the first proponents of this construct.
Although they share some similarities, they are, in fact, different. 1  Defense mechanisms mostly occur at an unconscious level, and people are generally unaware they are using them. 2  Coping mechanisms are used to manage an external situation that is creating problems for an individual.