What is Displacement (psychology)?
'''Displacement''' is a word used in [[Freud]]ian [[psychology]] for is an [[unconscious]] [[defence mechanism]]. Example: the mind redirects thoughts, emotions, desires from an object or person felt to be dangerous or unacceptable to an object or person felt to be safe or acceptable. More generally, the substitute of one response by another, when the original response is blocked: displaced [[aggression]].<ref>Reber A.S. & E.S. 1985. ''The Penguin dictionary of psychology''. London: Penguin, p208. {{ISBN|0-140-51451-1}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Psychology]]