Displacement (Psychology)
| Definition: |
The process by which an emotional or behavioral response that is appropriate for one situation appears in another situation for which it is inappropriate. |
| Notes: |
no qualif; DF: DISPLACEMENT |
| Previously Indexed: |
Behavior (1966-1967),Psychoanalytic Interpretation (1966-1967) |
Displacement (Psychology) Categories.
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Cathexis - Attachment, conscious or unconscious, of emotional feeling and significance to an idea, object or most commonly a person. |
Displacement (Psychology) Definitions and Terms
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